Assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with type 2 diabetes in Turkey

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-123

  Akinci, Fevzi ^a   Yildirim, Aysegul ^b   Gözü, Hulya ^c   Sargin, Haluk ^c   Orbay, Ekrem ^c   Sargin, Mehmet ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Dr Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

15D; DQOL; HRQoL; QoL; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AGED; ANXIETY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 37549008772     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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