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The Body Constitution and Quality of Life of Diabetic

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Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus

Treatments

Other: Body Constitution Questionnaire

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01060332
grb03484888

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment

500 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • There is a history of diabetes and the injection or taking hypoglycemic agents.
  • Aged 20 years of age, not limit to male or female .
  • Consciousness clear, subjects are willing to sign consent after stating research purpose and process.

Exclusion criteria

  • Took the Chinese medicine within the past month.

Trial design

500 participants in 1 patient group

diabetics
Treatment:
Other: Body Constitution Questionnaire

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Chia-I Tsai, master

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