NCT01060332

The Body Constitution and Quality of Life of Diabetic

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 500 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Taichung Veterans General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Diabetic Mellitus is the fifth cause of death by the report of Department of Health in 2008, and it often cause the severity of other chronic diseases. Neuropathy, retinopathy and renopathy are the most prevalent complications of DM, and they often influence the quality of life. 300 patients with Diabetic neuropathy will be recruited in Taichung Veterans General Hospital endocrine and metabolism clinics. Body Constitution Questionnaire(BCQ), Diabetes Impact Measurement Scales(DIMS), Short Form -36(SF-36) will be asked to filled up, neurological examination (NE), AC sugar, HbA1c, lipid profiles, liver and kidney functions will be measured in order to evaluate the correlation between body constitution and quality of life on patients with diabetic complication.

Detailed description

Diabetic Mellitus is the fifth cause of death by the report of Department of Health in 2008, and it often cause the severity of other chronic diseases. Neuropathy, retinopathy and renopathy are the most prevalent complications of DM, and they often influence the quality of life. Traditional Chinese Medicine was often prescribed to treat diabetic complications and improve the quality of life .But the study of objective evaluation of diagnostics of Traditional Chinese Medicine was few . It is important to analyze population of specific disease with well developed Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnostic tool with good validation and consistency. 300 patients with Diabetic neuropathy will be recruited in Taichung Veterans General Hospital endocrine and metabolism clinics. Body Constitution Questionnaire(BCQ), Diabetes Impact Measurement Scales(DIMS), Short Form -36(SF-36) will be asked to filled up, neurological examination (NE), AC sugar, HbA1c, lipid profiles, liver and kidney functions will be measured in order to evaluate the correlation between body constitution and quality of life on patients with diabetic complication.

Conditions

• Diabetes Mellitus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Body Constitution Questionnaire	Body Constitution Questionnaire was a tool for the study of objective evaluation of diagnostics of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It has been well developed with good validation and consistency.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-01-01
• Primary completion: 2010-06-01
• Completion: 2010-07-01
• First posted: 2010-02-02
• Last updated: 2010-03-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan