Impact on the Quality of Life and Physiological Parameters in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Autor: María Reina-Bueno, Inmaculada C. Palomo-Toucedo, Manuel Ángel Medina-Núñez, Pedro V. Munuera-Martínez, Aurora Castro-Méndez, María del Carmen Vázquez-Bautista
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Applied Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 15, p 6829 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app11156829
Popis: The co-existence of complications and diabetes mellitus is related to a worsening in quality of life compared to not presenting comorbidities. This study aimed to investigate whether there is a different impact on quality of life according to gender and to establish the physiological parameters that these patients have in relation to diabetes-related complications. The sampling was continuous non-probabilistic, involving legal age patients with diabetes mellitus. All of the participants were administered the generic SF-36 quality of life questionnaire. The presence of peripheral artery disease was considered from an ankle brachial index
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