The Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire (DSMQ): Development and evaluation of an instrument to assess diabetes self-care activities associated with glycaemic control

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Schmitt, Andreas ^a   Gahr, Annika ^a   Hermanns, Norbert ^a   Kulzer, Bernhard ^a   Huber, Jörg ^b   Haak, Thomas ^a  

^a Research Institute of the Diabetes Academy Mergentheim (FIDAM)   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Diabetes care; HbA1c; Hyperglycaemia; Measurement; Metabolic control; Psychometric instrument; Self care behaviour; Self management

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES SELF MANAGEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; DIETARY CONTROL SCALE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE MANAGEMENT SCALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CARE; SUMMARY OF DIABETES SELF CARE ACTIVITIES MEASURE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CARE;

EID: 84881304057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-138     Document Type: Article

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