Self-care, compliance and glycaemic control in Jamaican adults with diabetes mellitus

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 232-236

  Duff, Edith M ^a   O'Connor, A ^a   McFarlane Anderson, N ^a   Wint, Y B ^a   Bailey, E Y ^a   Wright Pascoe, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETITIAN; DISEASE DURATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; JAMAICA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUGAR INTAKE; WEIGHT CONTROL;

EID: 37849185285     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442006000400006     Document Type: Article

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