Prospective Cohort Study of the Body Constitution Among Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients

N/AUnknownNCT01943214

Taichung Veterans General Hospital1,000 enrolled

Overview

By analyzing the relationship between the body constitution and the progression of Type II diabetes mellitus, its morbidities, mortality and the impact of the life quality, we try to provide an useful tool, body constitution, to stratify the patients accordingly for individualized health care.

The study participants are recruited from the Diabetes Shared Care Network of the Taichung Veterans General Hospital (Taichung, Taiwan)

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

1,000

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 75 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * patient diagnosed as Type II diabetes mellitus by Endocrinology specialist. * aged from 20 to 75 years old. * clear conscious, willing to join the program. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe mental illness, which lead to unable to fulfill the questionaire * Major surgical intervention,medical events (such as acute myocardial infarction, cerebral vascular accident...et al.,), chemotherapy or radiation therapy within past one month , which made body constitution measurement unavailable.

Locations (1)

Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Taichung, Taiwan, Taiwan

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