Acceptability and effects of an educational leaflet on infections in type 2 diabetes patients: A randomized controlled trial in primary care

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 135-142

  Venmans, Leonie M A J ^a   Gorter, Kees J ^a   Baard, Kim P ^a   Rutten, Guy E H M ^a   Hak, Eelko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Leaflet; Primary care; Randomized controlled trial; Respiratory tract infection; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34548075287     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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