Nurses' perceived and actual level of diabetes mellitus knowledge: Results of a cluster analysis

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 7 B, 2007, Pages 234-242

  Chan, Moon Fai ^a   Zang, Yu Li ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Diabetes knowledge; Diabetes mellitus; Nurse education; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 34250706265     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01761.x     Document Type: Article

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