A methodological description of a randomised controlled trial comparing hospital-based care and hospital-based home care when a child is newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes

Open Nursing Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 111-119

  Tiberg, Irén ^a,b   Carlsson, Annelie ^b   Hallström, Inger ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disease management; Family; Haemoglobin A1c; Randomised controlled trial; Research design; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

EID: 82855169418     PISSN: 18744346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/18744346011050100111     Document Type: Article

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