The relationship between patient education and glycaemic control in a South African township

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-91

  van de Sande, Marloes ^a   Dippenaar, Hanneke ^b   Rutten, Guy E H M ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diabetes education; Diabetes mellitus; Glycaemic control; Primary care

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 34249688252     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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