Gender differences in self-rated health, quality of life, quality of care, and metabolic control in patients with diabetes

Gender Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-180

  Undén, Anna Lena ^a   Elofsson, Stig ^b   Andréasson, Anna ^a   Hillered, Eva ^c   Eriksson, Ingeborg ^a   Brismar, Kerstin ^c  

^a Center for Family and Community Medicine   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

diabetes; gender differences; metabolic control; QoL; self rated health

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 45349093853     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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