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Critical comments regarding the assessment of quality of life and the clinical impact of the POWER2DM intervention. Reply to Pouwer F, Deschênes SS [letter]

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Abbreviations

QoL:

Quality of life

WHO-5:

WHO-5 Well-Being Index

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  1. Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

    Merel M. Ruissen, Ewout W. Steyerberg & Jacob K. Sont

  2. Department of Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

    Merel M. Ruissen, Sasja D. Huisman & Eelco J. P. de Koning

  3. Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Utrecht, the Netherlands

    Albert A. de Graaf

  4. Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain

    Javier Delgado-Lista

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Ruissen, M.M., Steyerberg, E.W., Huisman, S.D. et al. Critical comments regarding the assessment of quality of life and the clinical impact of the POWER2DM intervention. Reply to Pouwer F, Deschênes SS [letter]. Diabetologia 67, 956–957 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-024-06119-2

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