Alexithymia among elderly patients with diabetes

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Hintistan, Sevilay ^a   Cilingir, Dilek ^a   Birinci, Nermin ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Vakfikebir State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Diabetes mellitus; Elderly

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

EID: 84884852106     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12669/pjms.296.2159     Document Type: Article

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