A Survey of the Perceptions, Knowledge, and Use of A1C Values by Home Care Patients and Nurses

The Diabetes Educator

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 144-152

  Setter, Stephen M ^a   Corbett, Cynthia F ^b   Campbell, R K ^c   Cook, Dave ^d   Gates, Brian J ^e  

^a Washington State University ^*  (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Visiting Nurses Association   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037261063     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014572170302900119     Document Type: Article

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