Impact of hypoglycemic episodes on health-related quality of life of type-2 diabetes mellitus patients: development and validation of a specific QoLHYPO^© questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypoglycemia is a limiting factor to achieving optimal glycemic control in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), increasing risk of death and complications, reducing health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and work productivity and increasing healthcare costs. The study's primary objective was to develop and validate a specific questionnaire to assess the impact of hypoglycemia on the HRQoL of T2DM patients (QoLHYPO^© questionnaire).

Methods

A two-phase multicenter prospective, longitudinal, observational, epidemiologic study of consecutively enrolled patients, not involving any drug, was conducted: In phase 1 (questionnaire development), patients who had given their written informed consent, who were at least 30 years of age, had been diagnosed

SUBMITTER: Orozco-Beltran D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5865352 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature