Reliability of diabetes-specific social support scales

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 627-631

  Yanover, Tovah ^a   Sacco, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Measurement; Reliability; Social support; Test retest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54349093802     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500801927139     Document Type: Article

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