Symptom Perception, Symptom Beliefs, and Blood Glucose Discrimination in the Self-Treatment of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes
Contributions to psychology and medicinePublished 1 January 1991
Linda Gonder‐Frederick, Daniel J. Cox
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This chapter summarizes findings from a nine-year investigation of subjectively perceived symptoms, symptom beliefs, and ability to estimate blood glucose levels in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM).
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From a pragmatic perspective, one of the most important types of illness representations people use to understand and regulate their own health status is subjectively perceived symptoms. Recognition and interpretation of physical symptoms influence behavior in nearly every illness experience—guiding self-diagnosis, medical help-seeking, health-care decision making, and self-treatment processes. Perceived symptoms and the inferences made about those symptoms play an especially important role in the day-to-day management of chronic diseases in which patients are required to monitor and regulate their own health status. In this chapter, we summarize findings from a nine-year investigation of subjectively perceived symptoms, symptom beliefs, and ability to estimate blood glucose levels in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM).
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