Description: This publication describes a study that measured health-related quality of life in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. It uses patient questionnaires and the Self-Administered Quality of Well-Being index (QWB-SA) to assess how diabetes, its treatments, complications, and comorbidities can be quantified for use in cost-utility analyses and health economics research.

Citation: Coffey JT, Brandle M, Zhou H, Marriott D, Burke R, Tabaei BP, Engelgau MM, Kaplan RM, Herman WH. Valuing health-related quality of life in diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2002 Dec;25(12):2238-43. doi: 10.2337/diacare.25.12.2238. PMID: 12453967.