Relationships between medical beliefs of superiority of Chinese or western medicine, medical behaviours and glycaemic control in diabetic outpatients in Taiwan

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-86

  Hung, Jui Yeh ^a   Chiou, Chii Jun ^b   Chang, Hsing Yi ^c  

^a MS Kaohsiung Municipal Chinese Medical Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese medicine; Glycaemic control; Medical behaviour; Medical beliefs; Western medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINESE MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 83555165044     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2011.01019.x     Document Type: Article

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