What do people with diabetes talk about on a diabetes social networking web site?

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 716-717

  Stuckey, Heather L ^a   Olmsted, Taylor ^a   Mincemoyer, R Scott ^b   Gabbay, Robert A ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Internet; Online; Self management; Social networking; Social support

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONVERSATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; EMOTION; EMPOWERMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LETTER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84879727358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681200600329     Document Type: Letter

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