Type 1 diabetes and living without a partner: Psychological and social aspects, self-management behaviour, and glycaemic control

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 278-285

  Joensen, Lene E ^a   Almdal, Thomas P ^b   Willaing, Ingrid ^a  

^a STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Diabetes distress; Glycaemic control; Social support; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COHABITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIABETES DISTRESS; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

COHABITATION; DIABETES DISTRESS; GLYCAEMIC CONTROL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TYPE 1 DIABETES;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84885376670     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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