Phobia of self‐injecting and self‐testing in insulin‐treated diabetes patients: opportunities for screening

Aims  To define clinically relevant cut‐off points for severe fear of self‐injecting (FSI) and self‐testing (FST) (phobia) in insulin‐treated patients with diabetes, and to estimate the magnitude of these phobias in our research population.

[1]  D. Kolko,et al.  Misconception correction through reading in the treatment of a self-injection phobia , 1980 .

[2]  Systematic Desensitization in the Treatment of Needle Phobias for Children with Diabetes , 1988 .

[3]  Lars-Göran Öst,et al.  One versus five sessions of exposure in the treatment of injection phobia , 1992 .

[4]  D. Cox,et al.  Major developments in behavioral diabetes research. , 1992, Journal of consulting and clinical psychology.

[5]  G. Sartory,et al.  On the relation among psychological distress, diabetes-related health behavior, and level of glycosylated hemoglobin in type I diabetes , 1995, International journal of behavioral medicine.

[6]  M. Kindt,et al.  Spider phobia questionnaire for children (SPQ-C): a psychometric study and normative data. , 1996, Behaviour research and therapy.

[7]  R. Heine,et al.  Assessment of perceived barriers in self-care of insulin-requiring diabetic patients. , 1996, Patient education and counseling.

[8]  The needle-phobic patient with diabetes. , 1996, Home healthcare nurse.

[9]  C. Sachon,et al.  Phobic Symptoms, Particularly the Fear of Blood and Injury, Are Associated With Poor Glycemic Control in Type I Diabetic Adults , 1997, Diabetes Care.

[10]  R. Heine,et al.  Development and validation of the diabetes fear of injecting and self‐testing questionnaire (D‐FISQ): first findings , 1997, Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association.

[11]  A. Zambanini,et al.  Needle Phobia in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus , 1997, Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association.

[12]  G. R. Reed,et al.  Diabetes Self-Management: Self-reported recommendations and patterns in a large population , 1997, Diabetes Care.

[13]  S. Greene,et al.  Adherence to insulin treatment, glycaemic control, and ketoacidosis in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus , 1997, The Lancet.

[14]  W. Eaton,et al.  The epidemiology of blood-injection-injury phobia , 1998, Psychological Medicine.

[15]  R. Glasgow,et al.  Behavioral Science in Diabetes , 1999 .

[16]  D. Ruta,et al.  Frequency of blood glucose monitoring in relation to glycaemic control: observational study with diabetes database , 1999, BMJ.

[17]  R. Glasgow,et al.  Behavioral science in diabetes. Contributions and opportunities. , 1999, Diabetes care.

[18]  R. Newson,et al.  Injection related anxiety in insulin-treated diabetes. , 1999, Diabetes research and clinical practice.

[19]  F J Snoek,et al.  Diabetes Fear of Injecting and Self-Testing Questionnaire: a psychometric evaluation. , 2000, Diabetes care.