Abstract
To review selective health outcome measures for diabetes mellitus focussing on psychometric properties. Systematic literature
search was carried out to identify the instruments using electronic databases and manual search from relevant journals. Health
outcome measures were assessed with predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Each instrument was assessed for patient
related information, instrument content, reliability, validity and responsiveness to change. The electronic and manual search
generated 317 relevant references. Twenty seven instruments that met the inclusion criteria were included in the study. Among
the 27 instruments, 20 were in English language. Out of these, 14 instruments were developed in USA and the majority of the
remaining in UK. The time taken to complete the questionnaires varied from 3-40 minutes. Appraisal of Diabetes Scale and Audit
of Diabetes-Dependent Quality of Life are single index instruments and the remaining instruments have dimension in a range
of three to nine. Appraisal of Diabetes Scale and Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire are the shortest questionnaire
whereas Diabetes Care Profile is the longest. The Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire has more translations followed
by Diabetes Medication Satisfaction, Audit of Diabetes-Dependent Quality of Life, Diabetes Health profile, Problem area in
diabetes scale and Insulin Treatment Appraisal Scale. All the instruments were assessed for psychometric properties. The Diabetes
Care Profile, Diabetes-39, Diabetes Quality of life measure, Diabetes specific Quality of life scale, Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction
Questionnaire, Diabetes symptom checklist-Revised and Diabetes Medication Satisfaction instruments have good psychometric
properties and may be useful for the researcher interested in diabetes care. Most of the instruments were lacking in responsiveness
evaluation and were developed and evaluated mainly in developed countries. There is a need, therefore, to focus future research
on health outcome measures on the evaluation of responsiveness.
search was carried out to identify the instruments using electronic databases and manual search from relevant journals. Health
outcome measures were assessed with predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Each instrument was assessed for patient
related information, instrument content, reliability, validity and responsiveness to change. The electronic and manual search
generated 317 relevant references. Twenty seven instruments that met the inclusion criteria were included in the study. Among
the 27 instruments, 20 were in English language. Out of these, 14 instruments were developed in USA and the majority of the
remaining in UK. The time taken to complete the questionnaires varied from 3-40 minutes. Appraisal of Diabetes Scale and Audit
of Diabetes-Dependent Quality of Life are single index instruments and the remaining instruments have dimension in a range
of three to nine. Appraisal of Diabetes Scale and Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire are the shortest questionnaire
whereas Diabetes Care Profile is the longest. The Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire has more translations followed
by Diabetes Medication Satisfaction, Audit of Diabetes-Dependent Quality of Life, Diabetes Health profile, Problem area in
diabetes scale and Insulin Treatment Appraisal Scale. All the instruments were assessed for psychometric properties. The Diabetes
Care Profile, Diabetes-39, Diabetes Quality of life measure, Diabetes specific Quality of life scale, Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction
Questionnaire, Diabetes symptom checklist-Revised and Diabetes Medication Satisfaction instruments have good psychometric
properties and may be useful for the researcher interested in diabetes care. Most of the instruments were lacking in responsiveness
evaluation and were developed and evaluated mainly in developed countries. There is a need, therefore, to focus future research
on health outcome measures on the evaluation of responsiveness.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-31
- DOI 10.1007/s11482-012-9168-8
- Authors
- J. K. Bhatt, Centre for PG Studies & Research, JSS College of Pharmacy, Post Box 20, Rockland’s, Ootacamund, The Nilgiris, Tamilnadu, India 643001
- Sabin Thomas, School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Nursing, The University of Nizwa, Birkat AL Mouz, Nizwa, 616 Sultanate of Oman
- M. J. Nanjan, Centre for PG Studies & Research, JSS College of Pharmacy, Post Box 20, Rockland’s, Ootacamund, The Nilgiris, Tamilnadu, India 643001
- Journal Applied Research in Quality of Life
- Online ISSN 1871-2576
- Print ISSN 1871-2584