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Monitoring of psychological well-being in outpatients with diabetes: effects on mood, HbA(1c), and the patient's evaluation of the quality of diabetes care: a randomized controlled trialF Pouwer
Department of Medical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Diabetes Care 24:1929-35. 2001..To investigate whether monitoring and discussing psychological well-being in outpatients with diabetes improves mood, glycemic control, and the patient's evaluation of the quality of diabetes care...
The longitudinal association between glycaemic control and health-related quality of life following insulin therapy optimisation in type 2 diabetes patients. A prospective observational study in secondary careT R S Hajos
Department of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Center VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Qual Life Res 21:1359-65. 2012..To test whether improvement in glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA(1c)) as a marker of glycaemic control, following intensifying insulin therapy, is associated with improvements in HRQoL...
Prevalence of comorbid depression is high in out-patients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Results from three out-patient clinics in the NetherlandsF Pouwer
Diabetes Psychology Research Group, Department of Medical Psychology, EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Diabet Med 27:217-24. 2010....- The 12-item well-being questionnaire. An evaluation of its validity and reliability in Dutch people with diabetesF Pouwer
Department of Endocrinology, Academic Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Diabetes Care 22:2004-10. 1999..The 12 items were used to construct the three 4-item subscales Negative Well-Being (NWB), Energy (ENE), and Positive Well-Being (PWB), and the 12-item overall scale General Well-Being (GWB)... - Association between symptoms of depression and glycaemic control may be unstable across genderF Pouwer
Department of Medical Psychology, Research Institute for Endocrinology, Reproduction and Metabolism, Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Diabet Med 18:595-8. 2001..Therefore, we set out to replicate this study by investigating the associations between depression and glycaemic control in larger samples, while controlling for potential confounders... - Diabetes Fear of Injecting and Self-Testing Questionnaire: a psychometric evaluationE D Mollema
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine EMGO Institute, Department of Medical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Diabetes Care 23:765-9. 2000..To study the psychometric properties of the Diabetes Fear of Injecting and Self-Testing Questionnaire (D-FISQ)... - Diabetes-related emotional distress in Dutch and U.S. diabetic patients: cross-cultural validity of the problem areas in diabetes scaleF J Snoek
Department of Medical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Diabetes Care 23:1305-9. 2000..To examine the cross-cultural validity of the Problem Areas in Diabetes Scale (PAID) in Dutch and U.S. diabetic patients... - A comparison of the standard and the computerized versions of the Well-being Questionnaire (WBQ) and the Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire (DTSQ)F Pouwer
Department of Medical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Qual Life Res 7:33-8. 1998..Therefore, the norms and cut-off scores obtained from paper and pencil assessments can be used in computerized versions of the WBQ and DTSQ and vice versa... - Diabetes-specific emotional distress mediates the association between depressive symptoms and glycaemic control in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetesK M P van Bastelaar
Department of Medical Psychology, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Van der Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Diabet Med 27:798-803. 2010..To investigate whether diabetes-specific emotional distress mediates the relationship between depression and glycaemic control in patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes... - Initiation of insulin glargine in patients with Type 2 diabetes in suboptimal glycaemic control positively impacts health-related quality of life. A prospective cohort study in primary careT R S Hajos
Department of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Centre VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Diabet Med 28:1096-102. 2011..To study prospectively the impact of initiating insulin glargine in suboptimally controlled insulin-naïve patients with Type 2 diabetes on health-related quality of life in relation to glycaemic control... - No evidence for increased self-reported cognitive failure in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional studyA M Wessels
Department of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Diabet Med 24:735-40. 2007..This study set out to investigate the magnitude and correlates of self-reported cognitive failure in adult out-patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes... - Associations between depressive symptoms and insulin resistance: the Hoorn StudyM C Adriaanse
Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Institute of Health Sciences, Vrije University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Diabetologia 49:2874-7. 2006..The aim of this study was to determine whether the association between symptoms of depression and insulin resistance varies across glucose tolerance status and between men and women... - Fat food for a bad mood. Could we treat and prevent depression in Type 2 diabetes by means of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids? A review of the evidenceF Pouwer
Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Department of Medical Psychology, EMGO Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Diabet Med 22:1465-75. 2005..The aim of the present paper was to review whether polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) of the omega-3 family could be used for the prevention and treatment of depression in Type 2 diabetes... - Rates and risks for co-morbid depression in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus: results from a community-based studyF Pouwer
Diabetes Research Group, Department of Medical Psychology, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine EMGO, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Diabetologia 46:892-8. 2003..We studied the prevalence and risk factors of co-morbid depression in a community-based sample of older adults, comparing Type 2 diabetic patients with healthy control subjects... - Psychometric and screening properties of the WHO-5 well-being index in adult outpatients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes mellitusT R S Hajos
Diabetes Psychology Research Group, Department of Medical Psychology, EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam
Diabet Med 30:e63-9. 2013..We examined psychometric and screening properties for depression of this index in a large sample of Dutch outpatients with diabetes... - Symptoms of depression and diabetes-specific emotional distress are associated with a negative appraisal of insulin therapy in insulin-naïve patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. A study from the European Depression in Diabetes [EDID] Research ConsortiuC Makine
Department of Medical Psychology, EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Diabet Med 26:28-33. 2009..The aim of the present study was to determine whether symptoms of depression and diabetes-specific emotional distress are associated with a more negative appraisal of insulin therapy... - Patients' Evaluation of the Quality of Diabetes Care (PEQD): development and validation of a new instrumentF Pouwer
Diabetes Research Group, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine EMGO Institute, Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Qual Saf Health Care 11:131-6. 2002..To develop a brief measure of patients' evaluation of the quality of diabetes care and to study predictors of consumers' rating of the quality of diabetes care... - Factor structure of the Disability and Impact Profile in patients with multiple sclerosisL Cohen
Department of Medical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Qual Life Res 8:141-50. 1999..The two factors correlate well with instruments measuring disability and with satisfaction versus emotional distress. Provisional scales based on the factors were constructed... - Continuous intraperitoneal insulin infusion in patients with 'brittle' diabetes: favourable effects on glycaemic control and hospital stayJ H Devries
Research Institute for Endocrinology, Reproduction and Metabolism, Departments of Endocrinology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Diabet Med 19:496-501. 2002.... - Psychological distress two years after diagnosis of breast cancer: frequency and predictionE M Bleiker
Department of Medical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Van der Boechorststraat 7, D 342, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Patient Educ Couns 40:209-17. 2000..No significant association was found between previous life-events, social support or biomedical variables and levels of distress... - Associations between vascular co-morbidities and depression in insulin-naive diabetes patients: the DIAZOB Primary Care Diabetes studyB Koopmans
Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic Diseases, Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Diabetologia 52:2056-63. 2009..The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of depression in insulin-naive diabetes patients and to investigate the associations between different forms of vascular co-morbidity and depression... - Monitoring health related quality of life in adolescents with diabetes: a review of measuresM de Wit
Department of Medical Psychology, EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Arch Dis Child 92:434-9. 2007..The PedsQL and the KINDL-R appear, at this time, to be the most suitable instruments... - Symptoms of depression in people with impaired glucose metabolism or Type 2 diabetes mellitus: The Hoorn StudyM C Adriaanse
Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Diabet Med 25:843-9. 2008..To study the prevalence and risk factors of depressive symptoms, comparing subjects with normal glucose metabolism (NGM), impaired glucose metabolism (IGM) or Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2)... - --to: M. Koopmanschap: Coping with Type 2 diabetes: the patient's perspective. Diabetologia 45:S18-S22F Pouwer
Diabetologia 46:302-3. 2003 - Depression as a risk factor for the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus. A meta-analysisM J Knol
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Diabetologia 49:837-45. 2006..A randomised controlled study is needed to test whether effective prevention or treatment of depression can reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes and its health consequences...