The Detection and Management of Diabetes Distress in People With Type 1 Diabetes

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Sturt, Jackie ^a   Dennick, Kathryn ^a   Due Christensen, Mette ^a,c   McCarthy, Kate ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Correlation; Diabetes distress; Interventions; Review; Type 1

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES DISTRESS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; SELF CARE;

EID: 84942757674     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: 15390829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-015-0660-z     Document Type: Review

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