TY - JOUR
T1 - A cross-sectional study of quality of life among Brazilian adults with type 1 diabetes treated with insulin glargine
T2 - findings and implications
AU - Almeida, Paulo H.R.F.
AU - Godman, Brian
AU - Nunes-Nogueira, Vania dos Santos
AU - de Lemos, Livia L. P.
AU - de Assis Acúrcio, Francisco
AU - Guerra Júnior, Augusto A.
AU - de Araújo, Vânia E.
AU - Almeida, Alessandra M.
AU - Alvares-Teodoro, Juliana
PY - 2022/7/1
Y1 - 2022/7/1
N2 - This article describes a cross-sectional study involving 401 adults with type 1 diabetes treated with insulin glargine in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Health-related quality of life was assessed, and worse scores were found to be associated with a low level of education, self-perceived health reported as poor/very poor, being bedridden and not physically exercised, having seen a doctor more than four times in the past year, and having reported comorbidities and episodes of hypoglycemia.
AB - This article describes a cross-sectional study involving 401 adults with type 1 diabetes treated with insulin glargine in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Health-related quality of life was assessed, and worse scores were found to be associated with a low level of education, self-perceived health reported as poor/very poor, being bedridden and not physically exercised, having seen a doctor more than four times in the past year, and having reported comorbidities and episodes of hypoglycemia.
KW - Brazil
KW - type 1 diabetes
KW - insulin glargine
KW - health-related quality of life
UR - https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/
U2 - 10.2337/cd21-0068
DO - 10.2337/cd21-0068
M3 - Article
VL - 40
SP - 312
EP - 326
JO - Clinical Diabetes
JF - Clinical Diabetes
IS - 3
ER -
