The Body Constitution and Quality of Life of Diabetic

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