Beliefs about insulin as a predictor of fear of hypoglycaemia

Chronic Illness

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 250-256

  Beléndez, Marina ^a   Hernández Mijares, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beliefs about medicines; Diabetes; Fear of hypoglycaemia; Treatment perceptions; Worry

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METABOLIC REGULATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; CULTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749298331     PISSN: 17423953     EISSN: 17459206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742395309346464     Document Type: Article

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