A cross-sectional study of quality of life among Brazilian adults with type 1 diabetes treated with insulin glargine : findings and implications

Almeida, Paulo H.R.F. and Godman, Brian and Nunes-Nogueira, Vania dos Santos and de Lemos, Livia L. P. and de Assis Acúrcio, Francisco and Guerra Júnior, Augusto A. and de Araújo, Vânia E. and Almeida, Alessandra M. and Alvares-Teodoro, Juliana (2022) A cross-sectional study of quality of life among Brazilian adults with type 1 diabetes treated with insulin glargine : findings and implications. Clinical Diabetes, 40 (3). pp. 312-326. (https://doi.org/10.2337/cd21-0068)

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Abstract

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.