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Quality of Life and Personality Traits in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes
In Brief
An observational study evaluating The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) -BREF, The Satisfaction With Life Scale - SWLS, and 1 other intervention for Type 1 Diabetes and Quality of Life. Completed, enrolled 238 participants across 2 sites.
Detailed Summary
The aims of this study are to examine the differences in the quality of life among individuals with type 1 diabetes and individuals without chronic diseases, differences in the quality of life among men and women with type 1 diabetes and the differences in the quality of life among individuals with good and poor glycaemic control. The relationship between personality traits and the management of disease in patients with type 1 diabetes will also be examined.
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Interventions
The WHOQOL-BREF instrument comprises 26 items, which measure the following broad domains: physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environment.
The SWLS is a short 5-item instrument designed to measure global cognitive judgments of satisfaction with one's life.
The Big Five Inventory (BFI) is a self-report inventory designed to measure the Big Five dimensions.