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SUBMITTER: Jin X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5921810 | biostudies-other | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Jin Xuejing X Liu Gordon G GG Gerstein Hertzel C HC Levine Mitchell A H MAH Steeves Kathleen K Guan Haijing H Li Hongchao H Xie Feng F
Health and quality of life outcomes 20180427 1
<h4>Background</h4>The Diabetes Quality-of-Life (DQOL) Measure is a 46-item diabetes-specific quality of life instrument. The original English version of the DQOL has been translated into Chinese after cultural adaption, and the Chinese DQOL has been validated in the Chinese diabetic patient population and used in diabetes-related studies. There are two recognized problems with the Chinese DQOL: 1) the instrument is too long, and 2) the non-response rate of certain items is relatively high. This ...[more]