[Relationship between quality of life and TCM syndrome types in patients with diabetes mellitus].
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.
Pan
Min-zheng
MZ
Department of TCM, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730. panmiz@sohu.com
Li
Ling
L
Fan
Hong
H
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