Older adults' fears about diabetes: Using common sense models of disease to understand fear origins and implications for self-management

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 783-803

  Quandt, Sara A ^a   Reynolds, Teresa ^a   Chapman, Christine ^a   Bell, Ronny A ^a   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Ip, Edward H ^a   Kirk, Julienne K ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

common sense model; qualitative methods; rural

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SELF CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE;

EID: 84884131056     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464811435506     Document Type: Article

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