Impact of chronic gastrointestinal symptoms in diabetes mellitus on health-related quality of life

Morbidity from GI symptoms in diabetes is considered to be high, but no studies have quantified the impact of GI symptoms in diabetes on health-related quality of life. We hypothesized that diabetics reporting increased GI symptoms would experience more impaired quality of life. Subjects from the co...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of gastroenterology 2001-01, Vol.96 (1), p.71-76
Hauptverfasser:	Talley, Nicholas J, Young, Lisa, Bytzer, Peter, Hammer, Johann, Leemon, Melanie, Jones, Michael, Horowitz, Michael
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Distribution Aged Analysis of Variance Associated diseases and complications Biological and medical sciences Chronic Disease Comorbidity Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - diagnosis Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - epidemiology Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - diagnosis Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases) Endocrinopathies Female Gastroenterology Gastrointestinal Diseases - diagnosis Gastrointestinal Diseases - epidemiology Gastrointestinal Diseases - etiology Health Surveys Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Prevalence Probability Quality of Life Risk Factors Sex Distribution Surveys and Questionnaires Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	Morbidity from GI symptoms in diabetes is considered to be high, but no studies have quantified the impact of GI symptoms in diabetes on health-related quality of life. We hypothesized that diabetics reporting increased GI symptoms would experience more impaired quality of life. Subjects from the community with diabetes (n = 892) and outpatients with diabetes (n = 209) were recruited for this study. Subjects were divided into type 1 (diabetes diagnosed at age
ISSN:	0002-9270 1572-0241
DOI:	10.1111/j.1572-0241.2001.03350.x