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Diabetes Quality of Life Measure
The DQOL is a patient-reported measure of quality of life impact in people with diabetes. Developed by the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) Research Group in 1988, this 46-item questionnaire assesses how diabetes affects daily functioning, emotional well-being, worry about complications, and satisfaction with life and health. It is widely used in diabetes clinical trials and research to capture the burden of diabetes management and impact on psychosocial well-being.
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- The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Research Group. (1988). The Diabetes Quality of Life (DQOL) measure. Diabetes Care, 11(10), 725-732. DOI: 10.2337/diacare.11.10.725 ↗
- Jacobson, A. M., de Groot, M., & Samson, J. A. (1994). The evaluation of two measures of quality of life in patients with type I and type II diabetes. Diabetes Care, 17(4), 267-274. DOI: 10.2337/diacare.17.4.267 ↗
- Bott, U., Hendrieckx, C., Mohr-Riehle, B., & Nagaraja, H. N. (2016). Psychosocial outcomes of therapy with real-time continuous glucose monitoring systems. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, 18(5), 314-322. link ↗