Determinants of the Quality of Life of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Yunnan of China
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 2
Abstract
Objective:The Aim of the study was to evaluate the quality of life and its determinants in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Materials and Methods:A case-control study was performed to compare the QOL between two groups: the first group consisted of 154 patients with T2D and the second group of 154 patients without diabetes in the first affiliated hospital of Kunming Medical University and the Panlong district hospital in the Yunnan province in China.Five questionnaires were used to collect sociodemographic and clinical data, self-care activities, depression and social support data. Results: Diabetic patients have a lower quality of life on the physical and mental dimensions compared to patients without diabetes. The gender and depression werefound to be associated significantlywith QOL on both dimensions. Several factors were significantly associated with the patients’ QOL on the physical dimensions: age, social support, compliance with doctors’recommendations, diabetes duration and self-care activities. The residence was found to be associated only with the mental dimensions of the QOL. Conclusion:Self-care activities, treatment for depression and social support might be the key interventions to considertoimprove the QOL of T2D patients.
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Qionghua LV, Daniel Reinharz, Qiuping YANG
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