A study reveals how psychological variables influence the glycemic control of diabetes
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An interdisciplinary study correlates diabetic markers and psychological variables, concluding that self-efficacy, understood as the belief in one's ability to achieve results, generates changes in behavior that improve glycemic control among adolescent patients with type I diabetes
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