ArticleJournal of diabetes research2020
Measuring the Quality of Life in Diabetic Patients: A Scoping Review.
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- Development and validation of a questionnaire to assess quality of life in Australian adults with type 1 diabetes: a pilot psychometric study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Concept analysis of diabetes-related quality of life.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2025Review
- Psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of the Family Caregiver-Specific Quality of Life Scale (FAMQOL) among family caregivers of patients with chronic psychiatric disorders.BMC psychology · 2025Article
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- The effect of telenursing follow-up on blood glycosylated hemoglobin and quality of life in the elderly with diabetes type 2.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Unspoken Consequences of Structural Racism in the USA: Diabetes and COVID-19.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Review
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- Comparative effect of physical health training and psychological training of the theory of reasoned action (TRA) model on the life quality of patients with diabetes in Tehran, Iran: utilization of message texting.BMC endocrine disorders · 2024Article
- The best internal structure of the Diabetes Quality of Life Measure (DQOL) in Brazilian patients.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Patient-reported outcomes for people with diabetes: what and how to measure? A narrative review.Diabetologia · 2023Review
- Empowerment and Knowledge as Determinants for Quality of Life: A Contribution to a Better Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Observational
- Factors predicted quality of life of people with type 2 diabetes in western Ethiopia.PloS one · 2023Article
- The Effect of Telenursing on Disease Outcomes in People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Narrative Review.Journal of diabetes research · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundDiabetes mellitus is a widely diffused chronic condition which impacts on several aspects of patients' lives. In the current clinical practice, the implementation in the clinical routine of monitoring systems of patients' outcomes has led to an increased generation and use of several measures for the assessment of patients' quality of life (QOL). Nevertheless, this construct appears to be particularly complex, and its operationalization is variable across different measures. The purpose of this paper is to offer an updated review of the diabetes-specific QOL measures present in scientific literature with a specific focus on the broad domains assessed.
methodsA scoping review was carried out with the purpose of identifying the existing measures in literature and describing their implicit representation of QOL in diabetes care. Five different databases (Scopus; Web of Science Core Collection; Medline; PsycInfo; and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) were searched with a string including validation studies of adult-only, diabetes-specific QOL measures. Each measure was then qualified according to its structure, a qualitative assessment of the broad domains of QOL it comprises, and finally an overview of the psychometric properties of its first validation.
results30 scales were identified and assessed. Theme analysis shows that QOL is operationalized with multidimensional surveys comprising of both mental, physical, and social health components. Some scales also consider the impact of societal attitudes, public policies, and context on QOL.
conclusionSeveral self-report measures of QOL specifically developed for diabetic patients exist in scientific literature. The present scoping review reports scales structure, broad domains of QOL, and development purpose. This may help in understanding the concept of QOL in diabetic patients and may also serve the purpose of guiding the reader in the choice of the most appropriate instrument or in the development of a new one.
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