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The Body Constitution and Quality of Life of Diabetic

NCT01060332 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 500

Last updated 2010-03-26

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Summary

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.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Body Constitution Questionnaire

Body Constitution Questionnaire was a tool for the study of objective evaluation of diagnostics of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It has been well developed with good validation and consistency.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Taichung Veterans General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jia-I Tsai, master · Traditional Chinese Medicine

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-07-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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