A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Impaired glucose metabolism and health related quality of life
Authors: Tellervo Seppälä, Ulla Saxen, Hannu Kautiainen, Salme Järvenpää, Päivi E Korhonen
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
Publication year: 2013
Journal: Primary Care Diabetes
Journal acronym: PCDE
Number in series: 3
Volume: 7
Issue: 3
First page : 223
Last page: 227
Number of pages: 5
ISSN: 1751-9918
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcd.2013.03.001
Aims
We aimed at investigating whether different categories of glucose tolerance have any effect on a person's HRQoL.
Methods
Population-based cross-sectional study conducted as a community sample of apparently healthy middle-aged individuals living in Western Finland. The subjects of the study, 1383 individuals, aged 45–70 years, had at least one cardiovascular risk factor but no previous diagnoses of either diabetes or cardiovascular disease. They completed health related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaire before the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was performed to diagnose the gategories of glucose tolerance.
Results
Persons with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes (NDM) had lower scores for physical functioning, general health and emotional role than subjects with normal glucose tolerance.
Conclusion
The results of the HRQoL questionnaire demonstrated that NDM is negatively associated with HRQoL, but prediabetes – IFG or IGT – does not.
