Characterizing problematic hypoglycaemia: Iterative design and preliminary psychometric validation of the Hypoglycaemia Awareness Questionnaire (HypoA-Q)

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 376-385

  Speight, Jane ^a,b,c   Barendse, S M ^a   Singh, H ^d   Little, S A ^e   Inkster, B ^f   Frier, B M ^f   Heller, S R ^g   Rutter, M K ^h,i   Shaw, J A M ^e  

^a AHP Research   (United Kingdom)

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

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLARKE QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DIVERGENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; GOLD SCORE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA AWARENESS QUESTIONNAIRE; IMPAIRED AWARENESS OF HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERNAL RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; KNOWN GROUPS VALIDITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOCTURNAL HYPOGLYCEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROBLEM AREAS IN DIABETES QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDITY; WAKEFULNESS; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AWARENESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84958824482     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12824     Document Type: Article

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