Fear of visual loss in patients with diabetes: Results of the Prevalence of Diabetic Eye Disease in Tayside, Scotland (P-DETS) study

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1086-1092

  Luckie, R ^a,b   Leese, G ^b   McAlpine, R ^b   MacEwen, C J ^b   Baines, P S ^b   Morris, A D ^b   Ellis, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diabetes Audit and Research in Tayside; Fear; Questionnaire; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LASER SURGERY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 34548753948     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02180.x     Document Type: Article

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