Health-Related Quality of Life in diabetes

Health-Related Quality of Life in diabetes

Parisa Amiri, Ph.D.

Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Measures of Health: A brief typology

• Mortality-based measures
  • death rates, life expectancies, etc.
• Morbidity-based measures
  • Indicators
  • Health status measures

Quality of life

Quality of Life define as an individual's perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns [1]. 

• The Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as “A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being not merely the absence of disease”
• Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) includes domains related to individual’s physical, mental, emotional, and social functioning.
• It goes beyond direct measures of population health, life expectancy, and causes of death, and focuses on the impact of health status on quality of life.