QUALITY-OF-LIFE ACCORDING TO TREATMENT IN TYPE-1 DIABETES - USE OF A QUESTIONNAIRE DEDICATED TO THE SUBJECTIVE APPRECIATION OF QUALITY-OF-LIFE

The aims of this study were 1) to study the quality of life in diabeti c patients receiving one of two different forms of insulin delivery an d 2) to check in this disease, the reliability and responsiveness of a questionnaire (SQLP : subjective quality of life profile) which we ha ve previously used and validated in other pathological states. A total of 743 Type 1 diabetic subjects, receiving two different forms of ins ulin injection completed this questionnaire twice, at a monthly interv all. These patients stressed a certain number of somatic plaints as we ll as their difficulty to move around or perform every-day life activi ties. The results from this trial show that the questionnaire was capa ble of demonstrating that the easiest mode of insulin injection was se lectively and significantly related to a higher satisfaction with bein g able to move around.