Assessing Health Related Quality of Life in Persons with Diabetes: A Comparison of Generic Measures
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Assessing Health Related Quality of Life in Persons with Diabetes: A Comparison of Generic Measures
Methods: Subjects were identified from the National Health Measurement Study (NHMS). Diabetes severity was defined as no diabetes, diabetes without insulin, and diabetes with use of insulin. Unadjusted and adjusted mean differences between the diabetes severity groups were estimated for 11 generic HRQoL measures. Unadjusted and adjusted mean differences between diabetes severity groups were est...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Open Public Health Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1874-9445
DOI: 10.2174/1874944501609010065