Instruments measuring the quality of life among people living with type 2 diabetes mellitus in India: a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Type 2 diabetes mellitus affects an individual's quality of life (QoL); and there are multiple instruments that can be used to measure QoL. The purpose of this systematic review is to identify the existing instruments that have been used to measure QoL in people living with diabetes, and to enlist the major domains (such as physical and psychological components) available in the identified instruments. Additionally, we plan to determine the psychometric properties of the identified QoL instruments using COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) methodology.

Methods and analysis

The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocol guideline was followed to report this systematic review protoc

SUBMITTER: Demla C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8023725 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature