How patients adapt diabetes self-care recommendations in everyday life

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-215

  Hunt, Linda M ^a   Pugh, Jacqueline ^b,c,d   Valenzuela, Miguel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Mex Amer Med Treatm E   (United States)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^d Audie L Murphy Mem Vet Hospital

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Hispanic Americans; Patient acceptance of health care; Poverty; Self care; Type 2

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SELF CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 0031936596     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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