[Social representation of family support for diabetic patients in users of a family medicine unit in Chalco, State of Mexico].

Objective: The goal of this study is to compare and interpret the meaning of family support for diabetic patients and their families using social representations according to a structural approach of Abric's theory.

Methods: The study was carried out in a Family Medicine Center of the Chalco Municipality in Mexico State. The population studied comprised ten diabetic patient-family pairs.