Idiosyncratic personal explanations for blood glucose events are associated with poorer self-management and glycemic control in adult patients with long-standing type 1 diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1208-1213

  Wearden, Alison J ^a   Hynd, Kathryn ^a   Smith, Helen ^a   Davies, Rob ^b   Tarrier, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTERVIEWS; MALE; SELF CARE;

EID: 33746468001     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc05-2117     Document Type: Article

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