Quality of Life and Personality Traits in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine

Status: Completed

Conditions: Type 1 Diabetes; Quality of Life

Treatments: Other: The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) -BREF; Other: The Satisfaction With Life Scale - SWLS; Other: Big Five Inventory - BFI; John in Srivastava, 1999

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03481218

MN-2017

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

Diabetes affects the daily life of patients, chronic diseases have a major impact on the quality of life of individuals. Chronic illness affects family life of an individual, his professional life, as well as leisure activities, chronic illness can also increase worries, fears, feelings of sadness and helplessness.

Past studies examining the quality of life construct in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) showed that patients achieved lower levels of life quality, compared to individuals without T1D. Studies show that women with T1D achieve lower scores on the quality of life scales than men with T1D and differences in gender are already present in adolescence.

Patients with poor glycaemic control achieve lower results on the quality of life scales, the effect of hemoglobin on the quality of life is direct, as well as indirect.

The studies in which they examined the attitudes of personality traits with diabetes management show that two personality traits are associated with the management of the disease, the successful management of the disease is primarily associated with the conscientiousness. Concerning the effect of neuroticism on the management of the disease, research results are contradictory.

Enrollment: 238 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 18 and 35
• Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes for at least one year (for the T1D group)
• Willing to participate in study

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

238 participants in 2 patient groups

Patients with type 1 diabetes

Description:

Young adults (male and female) between the ages of 18 and 35, who have type 1 diabetes for at least one year.

Treatment:

Other: Big Five Inventory - BFI; John in Srivastava, 1999

Other: The Satisfaction With Life Scale - SWLS

Other: The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) -BREF

Individuals without chronic diseases

Description:

Young adults (male and female) between the ages of 18 and 35, without chronic diseases.

Treatment:

Other: The Satisfaction With Life Scale - SWLS

Other: The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) -BREF