Psychometric evaluation of the Swedish version of the Hypoglycaemia Fear Survey

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-131

  Anderbro, Therese ^a   Amsberg, Susanne ^a   Wredling, Regina ^a,b   Lins, Per Eric ^a   Adamson, Ulf ^a   Lisspers, Jan ^b   Johansson, Unn Britt ^a,c  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Division of Nursing ^*  (Sweden)

^c SOPHIAHEMMET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fear of hypoglycaemia; Hypoglycaemia; Psychometrics; Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 50249119047     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.03.022     Document Type: Article

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