background decision-makers have begun to recognize health-related quality of life (hrqol) as an important and measurable outcome of healthcare interventions; and hrqol data is increasingly being used by policy-makers to prioritize health resources. our objective was to measure hrqol in a group of type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) patients receiving insulin treatment in buenos aires, argentina.   ...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present paper was the assessment of the psychometric properties of the Polish language version of the Audit of Diabetes-Dependent Quality of Life (ADDQoL) questionnaire applied in Poland among patients with type 1 (T1DM) or type 2 diabetes (T2DM). METHODS The studies were carried out among 330 patients with diabetes including 115 with T1DM and 215 with T2DM. In all t...

Purpose: This study reports the reliability and validity analyses of the Audit on diabetes-dependent quality of life (ADDQoL) and EQ-5D in elderly Slovenian diabetic patients. Methods: A crosssectional study of elderly (age ≥ 65 years) non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus type 2 (DMT2) patients was carried out. The ADDQoL and EQ-5D surveys were conducted between January and May, 2012. Statis...

INTRODUCTION This study evaluated the quality of life of patients with type II diabetes in primary health care with the Turkish version of the Audit of Diabetes Dependent Quality of Life (ADDQoL) instrument. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 180 patients diagnosed with type II diabetes and registered at an urban primary health care unit in Turkey were included to this study. RESULTS The ADDQo...

Background Decision-makers have begun to recognize Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) as an important and measurable outcome of healthcare interventions; and HRQoL data is increasingly being used by policy-makers to prioritize health resources. Our objective was to measure HRQoL in a group of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) patients receiving insulin treatment in Buenos Aires, Argentina.   ...

OBJECTIVES To study the determinants of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Irish patients with diabetes using the Centres for Disease Controls' (CDC's) 'Unhealthy Days' summary measure and to assesses the agreement between this generic HRQoL measure and the disease-specific Audit of Diabetes Dependant Quality of Life (ADDQoL) measure. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Data were analysed from...

OBJECTIVE To study variation in quality of life and quality of care in patients with diabetes experiencing three different models of care: traditional hospital care, hospital/general practitioner (GP) shared care, and structured GP care. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A cross-sectional study involving 1,456 patients with diabetes (71% response rate) was conducted. Quality of life was assessed wi...

BACKGROUND While factors associated with health-related quality of life for people with chronic diseases including diabetes are well researched, far fewer studies have investigated measures of disease-specific quality of life. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of complications and comorbidities on diabetes-specific quality of life in a large population-based cohort of type 2 dia...