Barriers to self-monitoring of blood glucose among adults with diabetes in an HMO: A cross sectional study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recent studies suggest that patients at greatest risk for diabetes complications are least likely to self-monitor blood glucose. However, these studies rely on self-reports of monitoring, an unreliable measure of actual behavior. The...
Main Authors: | Barton Mary B, Zhang Fang, Soumerai Stephen B, Mah Connie, Adams Alyce S, Ross-Degnan Dennis |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2003-03-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/3/6 |
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