title: [Relationship between quality of life and TCM syndrome types in patients with diabetes mellitus].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the relationship between the syndrome types differentiated by traditional Chinese medicine and the quality of life (QOL) in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM).
  
  
  METHODS
  The QOL in patients was investigated with Short Form-36 questionnaire (SF-36), and compared with that of healthy subjects for control; the TCM syndrome type was differentiated at the same time by the outcomes of symptoms acquired from the questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The score of all the domains of QOL was respectively lower in the DM patients than that in the healthy subjects. The score of some domains of QOL showed correlation with different TCM syndrome types.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  QOL of DM patients significantly decreased. The variation of syndrome types could significantly influence some domains of QOL.
authors.affiliation: Department of TCM, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730. panmiz@sohu.com
authors.forename: Min-zheng
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires