Self management and patient understanding of diabetes in the older person

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-122

  Hewitt, J ^a,b   Smeeth, L ^a   Chaturvedi, N ^c   Bulpitt, C J ^c   Fletcher, A E ^a  

^a PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Elderly; Self management; Understanding

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIET; DIETITIAN; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOOT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; TABLET;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650242340     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03142.x     Document Type: Article

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