Generic and disease-specific quality of life in adolescents with type 1 diabetes: comparison to age-matched healthy peers
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Cím:
Generic and disease-specific quality of life in adolescents with type 1 diabetes: comparison to age-matched healthy peers
Létrehozó:
Lukács, Andrea
Sasvári Péter, László
Török, András
Barkai, László
Kiadó:
De Gruyter
Dátum:
2016
Téma:
RC658.5 Diabetes / diabetolĂłgia
Tartalmi leírás:
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the health-related
quality of life (HRQoL) of adolescents with type 1 diabetes
(T1DM) on the basis of the pediatric quality of life
inventory™ (PedsQL™) generic and diabetes-specific modules,
and to compare it to that of healthy peers.
Methods: This retrospective case-control study involved 650
participants between ages of 13 and 19 years including 296
adolescents with T1DM from four diabetes centers and 354
healthy peers matched for age and gender from three different
cities of the country. Participants completed the validated
PedsQL™ for assessing the HRQoL. The analysis included an
independent t-test to compare the means of the total and
subscales of the PedsQL™ between boys and girls as well as
between a healthy group and a group with T1DM. Gender
differences in exercise, insulin therapy modalities were
evaluated with the Pearson χ2-test.
Results: Adolescents with T1DM have similar HRQoL in all
domains when compared to their healthy counterparts. Females
report worse HRQoL regardless of the presence of the disease.
Insulin pump therapy facilitates better glycemic control and
HRQoL. Regular exercise positively correlates with the
generic HRQoL in both groups; however, it has no relationship
with glycemic control.
Conclusions: Optimal metabolic control and improved HRQoL are
the eventual goals of diabetes management. Despite the
difficulties, adolescents with diabetes can manage their
disease well and live normal lives, similar to their healthy
peers. Although diabetes-related problems exist, it seems
that regular exercise and staying physically active, as well
as promoting insulin pump therapy where it is applicable are
related to favorable HRQoL.
Nyelv:
angol
Típus:
Article
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Formátum:
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Azonosító:
Lukács, Andrea and Sasvári Péter, László and Török, András and Barkai, László (2016) Generic and disease-specific quality of life in adolescents with type 1 diabetes: comparison to age-matched healthy peers. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2016 (5). pp. 1-7. ISSN ISSN: 0334-018X, ESSN: 2191-0251
Kapcsolat:
MTMT:3065261; doi:10.1515/jpem-2015-0397