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

• Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus

• Registration Number: NCT01943214
• Lead Sponsor: Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-07
• Status Verified: 2013-09
• Study First Submitted: 2013-09-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-09-11
• Study First Posted: 2013-09-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-09-16
• Last Update Posted: 2013-09-18
• Primary Completion: 2016-12
• Study Completion: 2016-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1000

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body constitution of type II diabetes mellitus patients	Two years follow up after being recruited

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
All cause mortality of type II diabetes mellitus patients	Two years follow up after being recruited
Life quality of diabetes mellitus patients	Two years follow up after being recruited
Diabetic retinopathy of type II diabetes mellitus patients	Two years follow up after being recruited
Diabetic neuropathy of type II diabetes mellitus patients	Two years follow up after being recruited
Diabetic nephropathy of type II diabetes mellitus patients	Two years follow up after being recruited

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Taichung Veterans General Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taichung, Taiwan