Does kindness matter? Self-compassion buffers the negative impact of diabetes-distress on HbA1c

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1634-1640

  Friis, A M ^a   Johnson, M H ^a   Cutfield, R G ^a   Consedine, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLIC REGULATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84983212554     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12774     Document Type: Article

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