Fear of hypoglycaemia in adults with Type 1 diabetes: Results from Diabetes MILES - The Netherlands

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1289-1296

  Nefs, G ^a   Bevelander, S ^a   Hendrieckx, C ^b,c   Bot, M ^d   Ruige, J ^e   Speight, J ^b,c,f   Pouwer, F ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b THE AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR BEHAVIOURAL RESEARCH IN DIABETES   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f AHP Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LONELINESS; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; ADULT; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY;

EID: 84941898438     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12739     Document Type: Article

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