Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and its associated factors in children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM)
Murillo-Vallés, Marta (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Bel, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Pérez Sánchez, Jacobo (Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari. Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT))
Corripio, Raquel (Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari. Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT))
Carreras, Gemma (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
Herrero, Xavier (Corporació de Salut del Maresme i la Selva)
Mengibar, Josep-Maria (Corporació de Salut del Maresme i la Selva)
Rodríguez Arjona, Dolors (Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya)
Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike (Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg- Eppendorf, Germany)
Raat, Hein (Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC - University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Rajmil, Luis (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Date:	2017
Abstract:	The objective of the study was to describe the baseline health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a cohort of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), and analyze its associated clinical and sociodemographic factors, assessing HRQOL through internet. This was a descriptive study of 136 patients with T1DM from 5 hospitals in Catalonia, Spain (72 girls, mean age 13. 4 years (range 8-19). Inclusion criteria were more than 6 months from diagnosis, more than 8 years old and without cognitive problems. Sociodemographic (age, sex, family level of education, type of family and origin) and clinical variables (type of insulin therapy, duration of disease, adherence to treatment, body mass index and HbA1c) were collected. HRQOL was assessed using the EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D-Y) and KIDSCREEN, collected via web. Mental health status was assessed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Multiple linear regression models were adjusted. Physical-well-being mean scores were lower (worse) than the European average (<50) and especially in girls, older children (.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Adolescents ; Children ; Health-related quality of life ; Pediatric ; Type 1 diabetes
Published in:	BMC Pediatrics, Vol. 17 (january 2017) , ISSN 1471-2431

DOI: 10.1186/s12887-017-0788-x
PMID: 28086765

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