Τίτλος:
The impact of travel distance, travel time and waiting time on
health-related quality of life of diabetes patients: An investigation in
six European countries
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Aims: The effects of travel distance and travel time to the primary
diabetes care provider and waiting time in the practice on
health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with type 2 diabetes
are investigated.
Research design and methods: Survey data of 1313 persons with type 2
diabetes from six regions in England (274), Finland (163), Germany
(254), Greece (165), the Netherlands (354), and Spain (103) were
analyzed. Various multiple linear regression analyses with four
different EQ-5D-3L indices (English, German, Dutch and Spanish index) as
target variables, with travel distance, travel time, and waiting time in
the practice as focal predictors and with control for study region,
patient's gender, patient's age, patient's education, time since
diagnosis, thoroughness of provider-patient communication were computed.
Interactions of regions with the remaining five control variables and
the three focal predictors were also tested.
Results: There are no interactions of regions with control variables or
focal predictors. The indices decrease with increasing travel time to
the provider and increasing waiting time in the provider's practice.
Conclusions: HRQoL of patients with type 2 diabetes might be improved by
decreasing travel time to the provider and waiting time in the
provider's practice. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Συγγραφείς:
Konerding, Uwe
Bowen, Tom
Elkhuizen, Sylvia G.
Faubel,
Raquel
Forte, Paul
Karampli, Eleftheria
Mahdavi, Mahdi and
Malmstrom, Tomi
Pavi, Elpida
Torkki, Paulus
Περιοδικό:
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Εκδότης:
Elsevier Ireland Ltd
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Travel distance to provider; Travel time to
provider; Waiting time in provider's practice; Health-related quality of
life; EQ-5D
DOI:
10.1016/j.diabres.2017.01.014
