Patient experience of hypoglycaemia unawareness in Type1 diabetes: Are patients appropriately concerned?

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 321-327

  Rogers, H A ^a   de Zoysa, N ^a   Amiel, S A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Hypoglycaemia; Hypoglycaemia unawareness

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN INFUSION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SICK ROLE;

EID: 84857346842     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03444.x     Document Type: Article

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