OBJECTIVES: This research has appraised the quality of life (QL) of diabetics type 1 member of Associação dos Diabéticos de Itabuna (ASDITA) and has verified their correlation between clinic variable and social-demographic situation of this group. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Thirty-four patients (γ = 88%, ε = 5%; 53% female, age 20.4 ± 8.4 years, diagnostic time 5.7 ± 4.9 year) have participated in this research, data showed weight and height after the interview and measuring. RESULTS: The social-demographic profiles of this group revealed family income of 0.7 ± 0.56 of minimal salary, 53% had elementary school level and 64.7% were students. In avarage, the QL was regular (58.8%). QL has not been influenced by the level of education, ethnology, occupation, BMI, daily shot of insulin, or glicemic monitorization profile but woman, adult, diagnostic time more than ten years, little family income have had the worst QL. CONCLUSIONS: The QL of the searched patients has been less than what several publications have showed, but additional researches are necessary to have better comparisons between diabetics with socio-economical and cultural conditions similar to the ones observed in this research.
Type 1 diabetes mellitus; Quality of life; Socio-economics factors; Psychology
