Characteristics of men and women with diabetes: Observations during patients' initial visit to a diabetes education centre

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-227

  Gucciardi, Enza ^a,b   Wang, Shirley Chi Tyan ^c   DeMelo, Margaret ^d   Amaral, Lina ^d   Stewart, Donna E ^e,f  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d Western Diabetes Education Centre   (Canada)

^e University Health Network Women's Health Program

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 39649095340     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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