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julia.vonoettingen@mcgill.ca Can J Diabetes 2022: 46; 32e39. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2021.04.010Brief Summary: This validation study and survey showed that the Diabetes Quality of Life for Youth (DQOLY) questionnaire and the EuroQol Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-VAS) are valid measures of Health-Related Quality of Life in Haitian youth with type 1 ...

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Diabetes 2018; 19: (6) 1124In this cross-sectional study performed in Haiti, the authors found that 18% of the children and adolescents with diabetes had signs of retinopathy and that 16% had a cataract. This prevalence is clearly much higher than reported in young patients with diabetes living in high-income countries. Importantly, ocular complications occurred ea...