QUALITY OF LIFE IN TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADOLESCENT PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE I WITH INSULIN PENS OR INSULIN PUMPS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Author(s)
Mastiliakova D1, Cikova Z1, Gerlichova K1, Matisakova I2, Bielik J1
1Trencin University, Trencin, Slovak Republic, 2Trencin University of Alexander Dubcek, Trencin, Slovak Republic
OBJECTIVES The current prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) in Slovakia ranges in about 340000 cases. Insulin therapy is realised in the group about 44000 patients, including about 21000 men and 23000 women in the patients older than 19 years. Till now in the Czech Republic and in the Slovak Republic there was not realised the study oriented on the quality of life (QolL) in relation to young people with DM type I, treated by insulin pens or insulin pumps. METHODS
Conference/Value in Health Info
2014-11, ISPOR Europe 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Value in Health, Vol. 17, No. 7 (November 2014)
Code
PDB143
Topic
Patient-Centered Research
Topic Subcategory
Patient-reported Outcomes & Quality of Life Outcomes
Disease
Diabetes/Endocrine/Metabolic Disorders