title: Quality of life of patients with Diabetes Mellitus Types 1 and 2 from a referal health centre in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
abstract: Quality of life (QoL) characteristics are important in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM 1 and 2).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Evaluate QoL and DM-associated factors among diabetic patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients attending a University Hospital were interviewed about their sociodemographic, clinical and QoL characteristics, with QoL measured via the EQ-5D. Descriptive analysis, correlation, linear regression, univariate and multivariate analysis were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  346 patients took part, comprising 67% women, 59% with DM2, and 32% DM1. DM 1 patients had a mean QoL score of 0.7369, with retinopathy, depression, dyslipidemia and a serious hypoglycemic crisis significantly reducing QoL. Patients with DM type 2 had a mean QoL score of 0.6582, with hypertension, neuropathy, depression, cancer and dyslipidemia significantly reducing QoL. Reduced QoL also correlated with a lack of physical exercise. Males with both DM1 and 2 had a better QoL than females.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Need for better disease monitoring and control combined with effective activities to improve self-care, reduce complications and improve patients' QoL.
authors.affiliation: a School of Pharmacy, Graduate Program in Medicines and Pharmaceutical Assistance , Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) , Belo Horizonte , Brazil.
authors.forename: Adriana Rodrigues
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: da Mata
authors.affiliation: a School of Pharmacy, Graduate Program in Medicines and Pharmaceutical Assistance , Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) , Belo Horizonte , Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Álvares
authors.affiliation: b School of Medicine , Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) , Belo Horizonte , Brazil.
authors.forename: Leonardo M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Diniz
authors.affiliation: a School of Pharmacy, Graduate Program in Medicines and Pharmaceutical Assistance , Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) , Belo Horizonte , Brazil.
authors.forename: Michael Ruberson Ribeiro
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: a School of Pharmacy, Graduate Program in Medicines and Pharmaceutical Assistance , Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) , Belo Horizonte , Brazil.
authors.forename: Bárbara Rodrigues
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Alvernaz dos Santos
authors.affiliation: a School of Pharmacy, Graduate Program in Medicines and Pharmaceutical Assistance , Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) , Belo Horizonte , Brazil.
authors.forename: Augusto Afonso
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Guerra Júnior
authors.affiliation: b School of Medicine , Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) , Belo Horizonte , Brazil.
authors.forename: Mariangela Leal
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cherchiglia
authors.affiliation: b School of Medicine , Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) , Belo Horizonte , Brazil.
authors.forename: Eli Iola Gurgel
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.affiliation: c Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology , Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge , Stockholm , Sweden.|d Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences , University of Strathclyde , Glasgow , UK.|e Liverpool Health Economics Centre , University of Liverpool Management School , Liverpool , UK.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Godman
authors.affiliation: a School of Pharmacy, Graduate Program in Medicines and Pharmaceutical Assistance , Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) , Belo Horizonte , Brazil.
authors.forename: Francisco de Assis
authors.initials: Fde A
authors.lastname: Acurcio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Brazil; Diabetes Mellitus; ED-5Q-3L; Quality-of-life; health service