QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG DIABETES PATIENTS
Author(s)
Sansgiry S*1;Naik AD1;Brown AC2, Latini DM3 1VA HSR&D Center of Excellence Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA, 2VA HSR&D Center of Excellence Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA, 3Baylor College of Medicine, Scott Department of Urology; San Francisco VAMC, San Francisco, CA, USA
OBJECTIVES: Challenges to controlling diabetes may impact diabetes patients’ quality of life (QOL). Individuals vary in self-care behaviors. The objective of this study is to identify relationship between self-care behavior, assessment of chronic care, distress, and diabetes-related QOL in patients stratified by their glycosylated hemoglobin level (HbA1c). METHODS: Patients seeking care at the local VHA during 2009-2010 with a recorded HbA1c level were randomly selected from administrative data, and surveys mailed. 126(38%) respondents returned surveys. Self administered survey included Diabetes-39 (Diabetes-related QOL), Summery of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (Diabetes self-care), Patient assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC), and Diabetes Distress Scale. HbA1c was dichotomized into
Conference/Value in Health Info
2013-05, ISPOR 2013, New Orleans, LA, USA
Value in Health, Vol. 16, No. 3 (May 2013)
Code
PHS64
Topic
Patient-Centered Research
Topic Subcategory
Patient-reported Outcomes & Quality of Life Outcomes
Disease
Diabetes/Endocrine/Metabolic Disorders