Effect of a diabetes counseling programme on knowledge, attitude and practice among diabetic patients in Erode district of South India

Journal of Young Pharmacists

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-72

  Malathy, R ^a   Narmadha, M P ^a   Ramesh, S ^b   Alvin, Jose M ^a   Dinesh, Babu N ^c  

^a SWAMY VIVEKANANDHA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b Kovai Medical Center   (India)

^c Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Attitude; Diabetes; Knowledge; Patient counseling; Practices

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 79851504750     PISSN: 09751483     EISSN: 09751505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.76422     Document Type: Article

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