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Relationship among health-related quality of life and global ancestry, clinical and socioeconomic factors in type 1 diabetes in an admixed Brazilian population

2022; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 12; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/s41598-022-15138-1

2045-2322

Rossana Santiago de Sousa Azulay, Débora Cristina Ferreira Lago, Glaucia Abreu Silva Santos, Maria da Glória Tavares, Vandílson Pinheiro Rodrigues, Marcelo Magalhães, Roberta Maria Duailibe Ferreira Reis, Nayara Nunes, Ana Gregória Ferreira Pereira de Almeida, Adriana Guimarães Sá, Gilvan Cortês Nascimento, Sabrina S. P. Damianse, Viviane Chaves de Carvalho Rocha, Silva Da, Marília Brito Gomes, Manuel dos Santos Faria,

Chronic Disease Management Strategies

We aimed to evaluate the Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) patients in an admixed Brazilian population. This is a cross-sectional study with 152 T1D patients. HRQoL information was obtained from two self-completed questionnaires: Short Form-6 dimensions and EuroQol-5 dimensions with visual analog scale. For inference of global ancestry, the panel of 46 autosomal informational insertion/deletion ancestry markers was used. Demographic and socioeconomic data, presence of chronic complications, glycemic control level, and type of treatment were obtained. Patients with good HRQoL were: male, under 18 years old, had health insurance, less than 5 years of diagnosis, practiced physical activity, without hypoglycemia in the last 30 days, absence of retinopathy and nephropathy, a participant in educational activities, used analogous insulin, monitoring blood glucose, observed maximum adherence to treatment and came from the secondary service. Global ancestry and self-reported color/race did not influence HRQoL indexes. Our study is the first to measure HRQoL, global ancestry and recognize the impact of T1D on the lives of patients in the State of Maranhão, Brazil. The results validate the need to provide T1D patients with continuous training on self-management and self-monitoring, aiming for better results in metabolic control and, subsequently, in the prevention of acute and chronic complications, in order to generate positive impacts on the quality of life of this population. We understand that global ancestry in a highly mixed population such as ours did not influence the HRQoL of these patients.