Physical symptoms related to blood glucose in insulin-dependent diabetics. 1981

J W Pennebaker, and D J Cox, and L Gonder-Frederick, and M G Wunsch, and W S Evans, and S Pohl

Thirty hospitalized diabetics completed symptom checklists immediately prior to monitoring their own blood glucose level seven times a day for 6--10 days. For each subject, simple correlations were computed between each of the physical symptoms and blood glucose level. Most subjects evidenced several symptoms that were highly correlated with glucose fluctuations. Further, the symptoms that were related to glucose differed from subject to subject. The symptom-glucose correlations were reliable and unrelated to sex, age, duration of diabetes, and other individual difference variables. The findings point to a technique wherein patients can learn to perceive physical sensations indicative of changes in blood glucose in natural settings.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007206 Individuality Those psychological characteristics which differentiate individuals from one another. Individual Differences,Difference, Individual,Differences, Individual,Individual Difference
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D008991 Monitoring, Physiologic The continuous measurement of physiological processes, blood pressure, heart rate, renal output, reflexes, respiration, etc., in a patient or experimental animal; includes pharmacologic monitoring, the measurement of administered drugs or their metabolites in the blood, tissues, or urine. Patient Monitoring,Monitoring, Physiological,Physiologic Monitoring,Monitoring, Patient,Physiological Monitoring
D001786 Blood Glucose Glucose in blood. Blood Sugar,Glucose, Blood,Sugar, Blood
D003920 Diabetes Mellitus A heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by HYPERGLYCEMIA and GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE.
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

Related Publications

J W Pennebaker, and D J Cox, and L Gonder-Frederick, and M G Wunsch, and W S Evans, and S Pohl
January 1979, Medical journal of Zambia,
J W Pennebaker, and D J Cox, and L Gonder-Frederick, and M G Wunsch, and W S Evans, and S Pohl
July 1983, Behavior modification,
J W Pennebaker, and D J Cox, and L Gonder-Frederick, and M G Wunsch, and W S Evans, and S Pohl
April 1988, Casopis lekaru ceskych,
J W Pennebaker, and D J Cox, and L Gonder-Frederick, and M G Wunsch, and W S Evans, and S Pohl
January 1985, Behaviour research and therapy,
J W Pennebaker, and D J Cox, and L Gonder-Frederick, and M G Wunsch, and W S Evans, and S Pohl
March 1981, Zeitschrift fur die gesamte innere Medizin und ihre Grenzgebiete,
J W Pennebaker, and D J Cox, and L Gonder-Frederick, and M G Wunsch, and W S Evans, and S Pohl
March 1984, Biofeedback and self-regulation,
J W Pennebaker, and D J Cox, and L Gonder-Frederick, and M G Wunsch, and W S Evans, and S Pohl
March 1985, JAMA,
J W Pennebaker, and D J Cox, and L Gonder-Frederick, and M G Wunsch, and W S Evans, and S Pohl
January 1985, Acta medica Scandinavica,
J W Pennebaker, and D J Cox, and L Gonder-Frederick, and M G Wunsch, and W S Evans, and S Pohl
April 1985, Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation,
J W Pennebaker, and D J Cox, and L Gonder-Frederick, and M G Wunsch, and W S Evans, and S Pohl
January 1988, Behavior modification,
Copied contents to your clipboard!