Do people with diabetes understand their clinical marker of long-term glycemic control (HbA1c levels) and does this predict diabetes self-care behaviours and HbA1c?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-232

  Beard, Emma ^a   Clark, Marie ^a   Hurel, Steve ^a   Cooke, Debbie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Average blood glucose; Clinical test results; Diabetes; HbA1c; Knowledge; Self care; Self efficacy; Understanding

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954314743     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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