Open AccessThe Development and Validation of Quality of Life Scale for Iraqi Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Author(s) -
Ehab Mudher Mikhael,
Mohamed Azmi Hassali,
Saad Abdulrahman Hussain,
Nizar Shawky
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_190_19
Subject(s) - medicine , glycemic , quality of life (healthcare) , scale (ratio) , type 2 diabetes mellitus , reliability (semiconductor) , diabetes mellitus , gold standard (test) , concurrent validity , internal consistency , gerontology , psychometrics , clinical psychology , endocrinology , nursing , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
The current trend for determining the effectiveness of new treatment or services provided for diabetes mellitus (DM) patients is based on assessing the improvement in both glycemic control and the patient quality of life. Many scales have been developed to assess quality of life among DM patients, but unfortunately, no one can be considered as gold standard. Therefore, this study aimed to develop and validate a brief and specific scale to assess quality of life among Iraqi type 2 DM patients.