Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 84, Issue 2 , Pages e37-e43 , August 2011

Nurse-led psychological interventions to improve diabetes control: Assessing competencies

  • Esther Maissi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
    • ,
  • Katie Ridge

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
    • ,
  • Janet Treasure

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
    • ,
  • Trudie Chalder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
    • ,
  • Suzanne Roche

      Affiliations

    • South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
    • ,
  • Jonathan Bartlett

      Affiliations

    • Medical Statistics Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    • ,
  • Ulrike Schmidt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
    • ,
  • Stephen Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Diabetes and Endocrinology, Guy's and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
    • ,
  • Khalida Ismail

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Institute of Psychiatry, Psychological Medicine, King's College London, 10 Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK. Tel.: +44 0207 848 0778; fax: +44 0207 848 5408.

Received 16 February 2010 ,Revised 17 June 2010 ,Accepted 21 July 2010.

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