Diabetes Distress Among Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: a Systematic Review

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-14

  Hagger, Virginia ^a,b   Hendrieckx, Christel ^a,b   Sturt, Jackie ^c   Skinner, Timothy C ^d   Speight, Jane ^a,b,e  

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

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e AHP Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Distress; Emotions; Psychological stress; Review; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES DISTRESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HUMANS; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84953750744     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: 15390829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-015-0694-2     Document Type: Review

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