Impact of continuous glucose monitoring on diabetes management and marital relationships of adults with Type 1 diabetes and their spouses: A qualitative study

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-54

  Ritholz, M D ^a,b,c   Beste, M ^a   Edwards, S S ^a   Beverly, E A ^a,b,d   Atakov Castillo, A ^a   Wolpert, H A ^a,b  

^a JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIABETES EDUCATION; DIABETIC PATIENT; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FREEDOM; FRUSTRATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HELPLESSNESS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; SPOUSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 84890161485     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12276     Document Type: Article

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