Quality of life among type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study from Eastern Indian Medical Institute
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Type 2 diabetes, Quality of life, Eastern India, patient compliance.Abstract
Background: Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus is one of the commonest chronic non-communicable diseases occurring worldwide with a high prevalence of diabetes in India .A holistic view in terms of Quality of Life (QoL) is being increasingly recognized as an essential component of diabetes care and management and evaluate the impact of diabetes on physical, social, psychological and environmental components of individual’s life,
Aim: To find out the quality of life of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) patients.
Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study based on response of type-2 DM patients to 26 questions of WHO-QOL BREF and some additional information about their socio-demographic background. Patients were recruited by systematic random samplinginto the study sample as they turned out for follow-up at OPD with an informed consent from willing patients, questions were asked in local language from the WHOQOL-BREF in the form of interview. Total 306 number of type-2 DM patients were interviewed following the inclusion criteria of more than 30 years of age and suffering from the disease for at least 2 years or more and under treatment and follow-up.
Results: The maximum domain wise score was in social (68.37 ± 13.54) followed by environmental (61.51 ± 16.24), psychological (58.94 ± 21.27 ) and physical (52.62 ± 13.54) domain. Males, urban residents, persons aged less than 60 years and overweight individuals reported a better QoL than their counterparts. Gender and residence were found to be significantly associated with QoL, across domains.
Conclusions:QoL assessment is essentialfor outcome measure in diabetes care. Policy makers ought to consider quality adjusted life years while evaluating health outcomesand National programs should designed for diabetes management must consider the challenges found in their quality of life.
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