title: Quality of life perception in type 2 diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Lifestyle analysis is often used for primary and secondary prevention in many chronic metabolic diseases, including diabetes. Questionnaires are simple and common methods for first investigation risk of factors related to the perception of quality of life (QoL). The present study evaluates the feasibility to use questionnaires for first investigation of risk factors, and ascertain whether the results of such questionnaires are associated with the perception of QoL.
  
  
  METHODS
  Validated questionnaires from the international ACSM guidelines were used to study a cohort of 142 consecutive type 2 diabetes patients (mean age: 66.1 years ± 10.9).
  
  
  RESULTS
  QoL perception was normal; BMI was compatible with overweight in 79.1% of subjects, and obesity in 20.9%. Cognitive abilities decreased with age and low consumption of dried fruit and legumes. There was evidence of a statistically significant association between BMI and QoL (rho = -0.18; p = 0.03).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Questionnaires are useful to assess lifestyle habits and highlight risks factors. Poor knowledge of patients' own chronic disease may contribute to a negative impact in diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Sports Medicine Center - Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department-School of Sports Medicine University of Florence - Italy.
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Petri
authors.affiliation: Sports Medicine Center - Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department-School of Sports Medicine University of Florence - Italy.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stefani
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine - University of Perugia - Italy.
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bini
authors.affiliation: Department of Musculoskeletal Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy; Institute of Health Sciences Education, Centre for Sports and Exercise, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maffulli
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine - University of Perugia - Italy.
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frau
authors.affiliation: Sports Medicine Center - Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department-School of Sports Medicine University of Florence - Italy.
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mascherini
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine - University of Perugia - Italy.
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Angelis
authors.affiliation: Sports Medicine Center - Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department-School of Sports Medicine University of Florence - Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galanti
keywords: diabetes; dietary habits; lifestyle; quality of life; questionnaires