Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 43-47 , February 2009

Validation of the Diabetes Obstacles Questionnaire (DOQ) to assess obstacles in living with type 2 diabetes in a Belgian population

  • M. Vandekerckhove

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Interdisciplinary Care and Geriatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antwerp, Belgium
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  • E. Vermeire

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Interdisciplinary Care and Geriatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antwerp, Belgium
    • Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antwerp, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerpen, Belgium.
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  • A. Weeren

      Affiliations

    • Department of ICT, University of Antwerp, Belgium
    • ,
  • P. Van Royen

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Interdisciplinary Care and Geriatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Received 6 July 2008 ,Revised 25 January 2009 ,Accepted 1 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2009.02.003

Primary Care Diabetes
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