Child and parental personality are associated with glycaemic control in Type 1 diabetes

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1028-1033

  Vollrath, M E ^a,b   Landolt, M A ^c   Gnehm, H E ^d   Laimbacher, J ^e   Sennhauser, Felix H ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d Department of Endocrinology Diabetology and Metabolism Medical University Hospital Aarau   (Switzerland)

^e Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Glycaemic control; Parents; Personality; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAVERSION; FATHER; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEUROSIS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 34548118793     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02215.x     Document Type: Article

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