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Diabetes
Research on diabetes described by K. Hjelm and colleagues
January 13th, 2009
According to a study from Sweden, "The diabetes mellitus (DM) pandemic greatly affects developing countries. Self-care is an important part of management, guided by beliefs about health and illness." "Dissimilarities in health-related behaviour in men and women have been described but not comparisons of their beliefs about health and illness. To explore beliefs about health and illness that might affect self-care practice and healthcare-seeking behaviour in men and women with DM in Uganda. This was an exploratory study with a consecutive sample from an outpatient diabetes clinic at a university hospital. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 women and 10 men...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-01-13)
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