Measuring the Quality of Life in Diabetic Patients: A Scoping Review

Table 5

Validation studies psychometrics. The sign “+” (plus) means the scale meets the requirements; “−” (minus) means it does not; “?” (interrogation mark) means it meets criteria only partially or that methodology is not clear; and “0” (zero) means no information were found.

Scale name	Content validity	Internal consistency	Construct validity	Test-retest reliability	Interpretability	Floor/ceiling
Appraisal of Diabetes Scale (ADS) [43]	?	+	+	?	0	0
Asian Diabetes Quality of Life Questionnaire (Asian DQOL) English version [26]	+	+	+	?	0	0
Audit of diabetes-dependent quality of life (ADDQOL-19) [27]	+	+	+	0	0	0
Diabetes Care Profile (DCP) [44]	?	−	+	0	0	0
Diabetes diet-related quality of life revised (DDRQOL-R) [28]	+	+	+	−	0	0
Diabetes diet-related quality of life revised—short form (DDRQOL-R-9) [28]	+	+	+	−	0	0
Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS) [45]	+	+	+	0	0	0
Diabetes health profile (DHP-1) [46]	+	+	+	0	0	+
Diabetes health profile-18 (DHP-18) [47]	+	+	+	0	0	+
Diabetes Impact Measurement Scale (DIMS) [48]	—	—	+	?	0	0
DAWN2 Impact of Diabetes Profile (DIDP) [29]	+	+	+	0	0	+
Diabetes Medication System Rating Questionnaire (DMRSQ) [49]	+	+	+	+	0	−
Diabetes Obstacles Questionnaire (DOQ-30) [30]	+	+	+	0	0	0
Diabetes quality of life (DQOL) [31]	+	?	+	?	0	0
Diabetes quality of life (DQOL) [32]	+	+	+	0	0	0
Diabetes quality of life brief clinical inventory (DQOL-Brief) [33]	+	?	?	0	0	0
Diabetes Quality of Life Clinical Trials Questionnaire, Revised (DQLCTQ-R) [34]	+	—	+	—	0	0
Diabetes-specific quality of life questionnaire module (DMQOL) [35]	+	+	+	0	0	+
Diabetes therapy-related quality of life (DTR-QOL) [36]	?	+	+	+	0	+
Diabetes-39 (D-39) [37]	+	+	+	0	0	0
Multidimensional Diabetes Questionnaire (MDQ) [38]	+	+	?	0	0	0
Perceptions about medications for diabetes (PAM-D) [50]	+	+	+	+	0	−
Problem Areas in Diabetes Scale (PAID) [51]	+	?	+	0	0	0
Questionnaire on stress in patients with diabetes-revised (QSD-R) [52]	+	+	+	?	0	0
The 28-item well-being questionnaire (W-BQ28) [39]	?	+	+	0	+	−
The Japanese insulin-dependent diabetic patient quality of life scale (JAPID-QOL) [40]	+	?	+	0	0	+
The patient-reported outcomes instrument for Thai patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (PRO-DM-Thai) [41]	+	+	+	0	0	0
The ViDa questionnaire for Type 1 diabetes (ViDa1) [42]	+	+	+	?	0	0
Treatment-Related Impact Measure Diabetes (TRIM-D) [53]	+	+	+	+	+	+
Treatment-Related Impact Measure—Nonsevere Hypoglycemic Events (TRIM-HYPO) [54]	+	+	+	+	0	+