Health-related quality of life deficits associated with varying degrees of disease severity in type 2 diabetes

Abstract

BackgroundDiabetes is a chronic medical condition accompanied by a considerable health-related quality of life (HRQL) burden. The purpose of this analysis was to use generic measures of HRQL to describe HRQL deficits associated with varying degrees of severity of type 2 diabetes.MethodsThe RAND-12 physical and mental health composites (PHC and MHC, respectively) and Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) were self-completed by 372 subjects …

Authors

Maddigan SL; Majumdar SR; Toth EL; Feeny DH; Johnson JA; the DOVE Investigators

Journal

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, Vol. 1, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

2003

DOI

10.1186/1477-7525-1-78

ISSN

1477-7525

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David Feeny

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Social Sciences

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