Self-Care Behaviors of Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Greece

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 972-979

  Chourdakis, Michael ^a   Kontogiannis, Vasileios ^a   Malachas, Konstantinos ^a   Pliakas, Triantafyllos ^b   Kritis, Aristidis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes self care behaviors; Foot care; Greek adults; Self care; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE;

EID: 84918800116     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-014-9841-y     Document Type: Article

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