An Assessment of Diabetes-Dependent Quality of Life in Polish Patients
Summary: A cross-sectional study published in Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity (September 2025) by Ewelina Bąk, Grzegorz Zawiła, Robert Skalik, Sylwia Krzemińska, Bogusława Kupczak-Wiśniowska, Lukas Kober, and Elena Gurková compares quality-of-life (QoL) impacts between Polish patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with and without diabetic foot syndrome (DFS), using the Polish-language ADDQoL tool.
Key Highlights:
- Patients with DFS reported markedly lower QoL (mean AWI ~–4.8) than those without DFS (AWI ~–2.6), a statistically significant difference.
- The most negatively affected domains among DFS patients were physical health, feelings about the future, and working life.
- In non-DFS patients, ‘freedom to eat’ and ‘freedom to drink’ were the domains most negatively impacted.
- Regression analysis identified positive QoL influencers: gender, treatment modality, and self-dressing ability; negative influencers included complications, elevated fasting glucose, amputation, wound characteristics, dressing type, wound size, and Wagner grade.
Read the full study in Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity
Keywords:
ADDQoL questionnaire,
quality of life,
diabetic foot syndrome (DFS),
type 2 diabetes (T2DM),
Ewelina Bąk,
Grzegorz Zawiła,
Robert Skalik,
Sylwia Krzemińska,
Bogusława Kupczak-Wiśniowska,
Lukas Kober,
Elena Gurková