Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation
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The aim of this study was to describe health-related quality-of-life (HRQL) in patients with diabetic foot ulcers by comparing their HRQL with that of a sample from the general population without diabetes (general population) and a subgroup with diabetes (diabetes population), and to examine the differences between groups by sociodemographic characteristics and lifestyle factors. ⋯ Diabetic foot ulcer patients had much worse HRQL compared with the diabetes population and the general population, especially in physical health. Foot ulcer patients were more often men living alone, and obesity was a problem in both the foot ulcer patients and the diabetes population.
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The Asthma Impact Survey (AIS-6) is a new six question asthma outcome tool for which information on validity has not been published. ⋯ These data support the validity of the short six-question AIS-6 as an asthma-specific quality of life tool.