[Quality of life and socio-economical aspects of diabetics type 1].
OBJECTIVE
This research has appraised the quality of life (QL) of diabetics type 1 member of Associação dos Diabéticos de Itabuna (ASDITA) and has verified their correlation between clinic variable and social-demographic situation of this group.


METHODS
Thirty-four patients (gamma = 88%, epsilon = 5%; 53% female, age 20.4 +/- 8.4 years, diagnostic time 5.7 +/- 4.9 year) have participated in this research, data showed weight and height after the interview and measuring.


RESULTS
The social-demographic profiles of this group revealed family income of 0.7 +/- 0.56 of minimal salary, 53% had elementary school level and 64.7% were students. In avarage, the QL was regular (58.8%). QL has not been influenced by the level of education, ethnology, occupation, BMI, daily shot of insulin, or glicemic monitorization profile but woman, adult, diagnostic time more than ten years, little family income have had the worst QL.


CONCLUSIONS
The QL of the searched patients has been less than what several publications have showed, but additional researches are necessary to have better comparisons between diabetics with socio-economical and cultural conditions similar to the ones observed in this research.
Araújo
Angelo Fontes
AF
Departamento de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brasil. angelofamed@hotmail.com
Souza
Maria Eliane Alves
ME
Menezes
Carlos Alberto
CA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D050177:Overweight; D011788:Quality of Life; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult