Health-related quality of life associated with diabetic retinopathy in patients at a public primary care service in southern Brazil.
Ângela Jornada BenCamila Furtado de SouzaFranciele LocatelliAna Paula Rossesadriana SzortikaAline Lutz de AraujoGabriela CarvalhoDaniel LavinskyJeruza Lavanholi NeyeloffCristina Rolim NeumannPublished in: Archives of endocrinology and metabolism (2020)
The findings suggest that a later diabetic retinopathy health state is associated with a decrement in utility value compared with the absence of retinopathy in patients with T2D. The results may be useful as preliminary input to model-based economic evaluations. Further research is needed to investigate the impact of diabetic retinopathy on health-related quality of life in a sample more representative of the Brazilian population.
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