Health-related quality of life in subjects with and without Type 2 diabetes: Pooled analysis of five population-based surveys in Germany

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 646-653

  Schunk, M ^a   Reitmeir, P ^a   Schipf, S ^b   Volzke H ^b   Meisinger, C ^a   Thorand, B ^a   Kluttig, A ^c   Greiser, K H ^c,d   Berger, K ^e   Muller G ^e   Ellert, U ^f   Neuhauser, H ^f   Tamayo, T ^g   Rathmann, W ^g   Holle, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^f ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^g HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Health related quality of life; Pooled analysis; Sex; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 12; SHORT FORM 36;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84859821907     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03465.x     Document Type: Article

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