Anxiety associated with self monitoring of capillary blood glucose

British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 60-63

  Shlomowitz, Amy ^a,b   Feher, Michael D ^a,c,d  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Diabetes Therapies Evaluation Network   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Diabetes; Finger prick anxiety; Glucose testing; Lancet

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC DIET; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; FINGER PRICK METHOD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84918559766     PISSN: 14746514     EISSN: 17534305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15277/bjdvd.2014.018     Document Type: Article

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