Audit diabetes‐dependent quality of life questionnaire: usefulness in diabetes self‐management education in the Slovak population

Abstract

Individualised diabetes-specific quality of life measures allow better understanding of patients' treatment preferences and, consequently, more effective prioritizing and targeting of appropriate educational interventions. This instrument may be useful in routine clinical practice and as an outcome measure for international clinical research trials evaluating effectiveness of educational programmes.

A cross-sectional study on the quality of life of patients with peripheral diabetic neuropathy pain in Hospital Tegku Ampaun Afzan, Kuantan, Malaysia

“…This corroborated the results of previous studies [16,17]. Furthermore, diabetes with PDNP also had a significant negative effect on the QoL domain "freedom to drink".…”

“…More specifically, the domains of "financial situation", "people's reaction", and "leisure activities" were affected by diabetes duration. Conversely, an earlier study [17] reported that it was the "selfconfidence", "sexual life" and "holidays" domains that were significantly affected by diabetes duration. Meanwhile, in the present study, "leisure activities" and "physical appearance" were adversely impacted by insulin treatment.…”

“…Furthermore, by contrast to participants younger than 60 years of age, those older than 60 years of age had a better social life. Meanwhile, an earlier study revealed that a higher QoL was enjoyed by diabetics younger than 50 years of age [17].…”

Is the Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales 2 a good tool to assess quality of life in Slovak patients with rheumatoid arthritis?

“…The translation and adaptation of the Slovak-AIMS2 was similar to the Italian version of the AIMS2 (6) and was made in accordance with the literature review about cross-cultural adaptation of health-related quality of life measurement too (12,13). The emphasis was put on fi nding the best idiomatic translation rather than pure equivalence of vocabulary.…”

Determinants of the Quality of Life of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Yunnan of China

“…The mean score of depression is 40.02. 12 patients had adepression (10 mild, 1 moderate, 1 severe).The score of social Score of Diabetes Self-Care Activities measure The mean score of Diabetes Self-Care Activities is 13.92, far less than the total possible score (28).The average scores of blood sugar test and foot management dimensions is low (Table 3). Comparison of PCS and MCS scoresbetween cases and control T test was used to compare the score of quality of life between cases and control.…”