Introduction: Illness denial pertains to medical patients who do not acknowledge the
presence or severity of their disease or the need of treatment. Objective: This systematic …

Objectives With steady increases in 'big data'and data analytics over the past two decades,
administrative health databases have become more accessible and are now used regularly …

Objective To examine ethnic and gender differences in psychosocial factors, eg, social
support and acceptance of the disease, knowledge levels, perceived difficulty in adherence …

Aim. The aim of this descriptive study was to determine effects of the diabetic patients'
perceived social support on theirs life qualities. Background. Type 2 diabetes and its …

Aims To estimate the associations between insufficient diabetes acceptance and relevant
diabetes outcomes. Methods A total of 320 patients completed questionnaires on diabetes …

Objectives Health administrative data are frequently used for diabetes surveillance. We
aimed to determine the sensitivity and specificity of a commonly-used diabetes case …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to describe Australian women's reflections on the
experience of having a pregnancy affected by GDM. Methods Participants were women …

Background Poor diabetes self-care can have a negative impact on psychological well-
being and quality of life. Given the scarcity of traditional psychological support and the …

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease characterized by c hro nic hype rg lyc e mia
tha t re sults fro mana lte ra tio nof the se c re tio n or action of insulin. This metabolic …

The DSM category of “psychological factors affecting medical condition” had virtually no
impact on clinical practice. However, several clinically relevant psychosomatic syndromes …