ArticleDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2015
Relationship between chronic complications, hypertension, and health-related quality of life in Portuguese patients with type 2 diabetes.
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- Epidemiology and Burden of Peripheral Artery Disease in People With Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Literature Review.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2024Review
- Social/Emotional Health, Mental Health and Quality of Life among Adults with Comorbid Diabetes and Hypertension: A Population-based Cross-sectional Study.Journal of Appalachian health · 2024Article
- Efficacy, safety, and patient satisfaction with oral semaglutide: first single-centre clinical experience.The Journal of international medical research · 2023Article
- Health-related quality of life and health utilities in insulin-treated type 2 diabetes: the impact of related comorbidities/complications.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2020Article
- Poorer Quality of Life and Treatment Satisfaction is Associated with Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes without Other Advanced Late Complications.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
- Impact of Comorbid Chronic Conditions to Quality of Life among Elderly Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in Vietnam.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to assess the relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and the presence or absence of hypertension and diabetes-related chronic complications in type 2 diabetes, and also the association between HRQoL and the number of chronic complications.
methodsOne hundred patients with type 2 diabetes were interviewed. HRQoL was evaluated using the age-adjusted Short-Form 36 dimensions (physical functioning, role-physical, bodily pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, role-emotional, and mental health).
resultsThe mean age of the study population was 62.7±8.7 years; 54.0% were male, and 51.0% were receiving only oral hypoglycemic agents. Chronic complications were related to worse HRQoL in different dimensions: peripheral neuropathy and cardiovascular disease (all, except bodily pain), retinopathy (physical functioning, general health, vitality, and mental health), peripheral arterial disease (physical functioning, role-physical, and general health), and nephropathy (general health and vitality). Hypertension was related to worse general health and vitality. An increased number of chronic complications was associated with worse HRQoL in all dimensions of Short-Form 36 except for the bodily pain dimension.
conclusionThe presence and increased number of diabetes-related chronic complications, and the presence of hypertension were related to worse age-adjusted HRQoL. Peripheral neuropathy and cardiovascular disease were more strongly related to age-adjusted HRQoL.
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