[Quality of life assessment of type 2 diabetic patients in general medicine].
OBJECTIVE
The QUODIEM study assessed the quality of life of type II diabetic patients and the factors that influenced it, according to recent medical recommendations. Method The quality of life (QOL) of 437 type II diabetic patients in the Rhone-Alps area, monitored in general medicine, was assessed using two QOL questionaires, the SF 36, a generic, and the DQOL, a specific questionnaire that we adapted to type II diabetics. A third questionnaire assessed the wishes of the patients concerning the management of their disease.


RESULTS
The QOL of type II diabetics is negatively influenced by age (>75 Years), female gender, loneliness, and the absence of professional or physical activity. A poorly balanced diabetes, its management by a specialist, the presence of two complications or more related to the disease, and treatment with insulin were all factors reducing QOL. Self-management of glycaema was associated with improved QOL. Few patients wished enhanced management of their diabetes.


CONCLUSIONS
The QUODIEM study underlined the fact that the QOL of type II diabetics must be taken into account and tools for its assessment are available in France.
Senez
Bruno
B
Médecin généraliste, Eyzin Pinet (38). bruno.senez@free.fr
Felicioli
Pascal
P
Moreau
Alain
A
Le Goaziou
Marie-France
MF
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D015444:Exercise; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008132:Loneliness; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D007328:Insulin