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PST receipt was not associated with concurrent and prospective increased self-care behaviors.
Practitioners may need to explore alternative interventions beyond PST to enhance self-care behaviors.
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First, PST receipt was not associated with concurrent and prospective increased self?care behaviors.
Why this rating
Based on data from a randomized clinical trial.
Source
Depression severity, self-care behaviors, and self-reported diabetes symptoms and daily functioning among low-income patients receiving depression care
Hyunsung Oh · University of Southern California Digital Library · 2014
DOI 10.25549/usctheses-c3-460345
rct · n=387Cited 1×
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