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. 2013 Apr 3;33(1):20–27. [Article in Spanish] doi: 10.1016/S0212-6567(04)78873-3

Estilo de vida y control metabólico en pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 2. Validación por constructo del IMEVID

Lifestyle and metabolic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Construct validation of IMEVID questionnaire

JM López-Carmona a,*, JR Rodríguez-Moctezuma b, CR Ariza-Andraca c, M Martínez-Bermúdez d
PMCID: PMC7677979  PMID: 14746741

Abstract

Objective

To evaluate construct validity of an instrument to measure lifestyle in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (IMEVID questionnaire)

Design

Comparative cross-sectional study

Setting

Six family medicine units (primary care)

Patients

412 adults with type 2 diabetes

Measurements

The IMEVID was applied by self-administration and the following metabolic control parameters values were measured: body mass index (BMI), waist/hip index (WHI), hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C), total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and the average of fasting plasma glucose in the last three months (FG). The test hypothetic construct was that higher total scores in the IMEVID (better lifestyle) would be associated with lower values in the metabolic control parameters. Three groups of subjects were formed based on the total score: group one (<cuartil 25), group two (among cuartil 25 and 75) and group three (>cuartil 75). Differences on these parameters between groups were researched

Results

389 subjects completed the study, 69,2% were women. Seven IMEVID domains had weak correlations at least with two of eight parameters (r between –0.22 and 0.16; P≤.05). The total score had correlation with six of eight parameter (r between –0.18 and 0.10; P≤.05). The group three subjects had lower levels of BMI,WHI, HbA1C, FG,TC and TGL than group one subjects (P≤.05)

Conclusions

IMEVID has construct validity to measure the lifestyle in subjects with DM2. Its total score discriminates outstanding clinical characteristics in these patients

keywords: Type 2 diabetes mellitus, Lifestyle, Questionnaires

Investigación realizada con apoyo financiero número FP-2001/200 otorgado por la Coordinación de Investigación en Salud del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

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