Temporal predictors of health-related quality of life in elderly people with diabetes: results of a German cohort study.

BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to determine predictors that influence health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a large cohort of elderly diabetes patients from primary care over a follow-up period of five years. METHODS AND RESULTS: At the baseline measurement of the ESTHER cohort study (2000...

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Main Authors: Imad Maatouk, Beate Wild, Daniela Wesche, Wolfgang Herzog, Elke Raum, Heiko Müller, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Christa Stegmaier, Dieter Schellberg, Hermann Brenner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3265531?pdf=render