Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Quality of life (QoL) is a subject of increasing interest in the health context. Applied to a chronic condition like diabetes, this issue could give an overall perspective of the health outcome.Objective: To evaluate the coping mechanisms, the treatment issues and its contribution to QoL of diabetes patients.Patients and methods: We gathered a sample of 94 diabetic subjects, 50% males, 55.3% type 1, with a mean age of...