Fear of hypoglycaemia in patients with type 1 diabetes: Do patients and diabetologists feel the same way?

Diabetes and Metabolism

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-70

  Bohme P ^a   Bertin, E ^b   Cosson, E ^c   Chevalier, N ^d   Bonnet, Fabrice ^e   Catargi, Bogdan ^e   Dalla Vale, Fabienne ^e   Desailloud, Rachel ^e   Farret, Anne ^e   Fontaine, Sébastien ^e   Franc, Sylvia ^e   Hadjadj, Samy ^e   Letallec, Claire ^e   Moreau, François ^e   Riveline, Jean Pierre ^e   Roussel, Ronan ^e   Vouillarmet, Julien ^e  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Diabetologist; Fear of hypoglycaemia; Hypoglycaemia; Patient; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETOLOGIST; DISEASE DURATION; FAST FOOD; FEAR; FEMALE; FRANCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC COMA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUGAR INTAKE; SWEATING;

ANXIETY; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84874302858     PISSN: 12623636     EISSN: 18781780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabet.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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