[Quality of life of diabetic patients with intensified insulin therapy]

Patients with diabetes mellitus (86 IDDM, 30 NIDDM) under intensified insulin therapy did not differ from healthy control groups in life quality components chosen in the presented study. From interrelations between subjective parameters it is concluded that, besides sufficient somatic treatment, a satisfactory relationship between patient and physician has an important impact for individual life quality, whereas objective somatic parameters, like existence of long-term diabetic complications, had comparatively less importance. Aside from knowledge of disease progress and treatment procedures, a satisfactory doctor-patient relationship seems to improve adherence to therapy and patient's trust in their own coping potentials with disease progress and changing psychosocial circumstances.