Health related quality of life among insulin-dependent diabetics: Disease-related and psychosocial correlates

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-225

  Aalto, Anna Mari ^a   Uutela, Antti ^b   Aro, Arja R ^b  

^a Health Services Research Unit   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Health beliefs; Health related quality of life; Physical functioning; Self efficacy; Social support; Type I diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031106650     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(96)00963-9     Document Type: Article

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