Health-related quality of life and glycaemic control among adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes - a nationwide cross-sectional study.
Maria Svedbo EngströmJaneth LeksellUnn-Britt JohanssonSixten BorgBo PalaszewskiStefan FranzénSoffia GudbjörnsdottirKatarina Eeg-OlofssonPublished in: Health and quality of life outcomes (2019)
Among people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, adults with high-risk HbA1c levels have lower levels of health-related quality of life in most but not all domains of the SF-36v2. This finding was not explained by demographics, other risk factors, or diabetes complications. The weak individual-level correlations between HRQOL scores and levels of glycaemic control argues for the need to not focus exclusively on either HbA1c levels or HRQOL scores but rather on both because both are important parts of a complex, life-long, challenging condition.