Illness Beliefs Predict Mortality in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers
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Illness Beliefs Predict Mortality in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers
BACKGROUND Patients' illness beliefs have been associated with glycaemic control in diabetes and survival in other conditions. OBJECTIVE We examined whether illness beliefs independently predicted survival in patients with diabetes and foot ulceration. METHODS Patients (n=169) were recruited between 2002 and 2007. Data on illness beliefs were collected at baseline. Data on survival were ext...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS ONE
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153315