Marginal differences in health-related quality of life of diabetic patients with and without macrovascular comorbid conditions in the United States

Abstract

MaVCC is consistently associated with lower HRQoL for patients with diabetes in the United States. Results of this study are valuable for future comparative-effectiveness and cost-effectiveness analyses in diabetes.

Assessing Health Related Quality of Life in Persons with Diabetes: A Comparison of Generic Measures

“…This is not surprising given that the addition of insulin to the diabetes treatment regimen is indicative of more severe disease and, possibly, a larger treatment burden. The overall means for persons with diabetes were similar to estimates from previous studies of generic measures in persons with diabetes [7,13,31]. In both the unadjusted and adjusted analyses, The EQ-5D produced higher estimates of HRQoL than other preference-based utility measures.…”

Work-Related Injuries and Health-Related Quality of Life Among US Workers

“…10 HRQOL measures have been increasingly used to evaluate and monitor outcomes and the effectiveness of health care interventions on acute and chronic conditions. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] In addition, HRQOL measures allow comparing the burden across health conditions or even geographic locations. A major nationwide initiative by the Department of Health and Human Services, known as Healthy People 2020, includes HRQOL as one of their four overarching goals.…”

“…upper extremities fractures; (4) lower extremities fractures; (5) other fractures (ie, vertebral, ribs, pelvis); (6) head, neck, or trunk wounds; (7) extremities wounds; (8) dislocations; (9) sprains; (10) contusion or superficial injuries; (11) burns;(12) poisoning; (13) other injuries due to external causes.…”

Factores asociados a la calidad de vida de pacientes con enfermedad cardiovascular en un programa de seguimiento Farmacoterapéutico

“…Además Alex Z y colaboradores [19] identificaron que la presencia de complicaciones macro vasculares esta consistentemente asociada a menor calidad de vida en los pacientes con diabetes. Debido a que la evaluación de estas asociaciones no estaba dentro de los objetivos del presente estudio, no es posible identificar el comportamiento de estas variables en la población y si pueden o no tener asociación con el comportamiento evidenciado en la calidad de vida.…”