Quality of Life Among Diabetic Subjects: Indian Perspectives

Vijayakumar, K.; Varghese, Ron T.

doi:10.1007/978-0-387-78665-0_121

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“…Hypertensives exhibit higher depression scores, more semantic memory problems and less satisfactory sex lives; they feel less fit physically, less in control of their lives, more tense and score lower on a hardiness scale in comparison with their normotensive counterparts 12 . Diabetes, also seriously affect the HRQoL of the patient and it is seen self confidence is most commonly affected by diabetes and all aspects of family life was more negatively impacted 13 . The data on Health related quality of life in patients suffering from both hypertension and diabetes is limited in this region and most of the studies have been done on western population hence we designed this study to assess the health related quality of life in patients suffering from hypertension and diabetes mellitus.…”

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Assessment of the health related quality of life in patients suffering from hypertension and diabetes mellitus: A cross sectional study

Mann

Khubber

Gupta

et al. 2016

Bangladesh J Med Sci

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Background: Diabetes mellitus and hypertension are chronic disorders, inadequate management of these two disorders leads to several complications and end organ damage that can impair health related quality of life (HRQoL) in these individuals. Several studies in hypertensive patients concluded that hypertension reduced HRQoL and participants with diabetes also reported comparably decreased HRQoL. The data on HRQoL in patients suffering from both hypertension and diabetes is limited hence we designed this study to assess health related quality of life in patients suffering from hypertension and diabetes mellitus.Methodology: This single centre, cross-sectional study was conducted for 2 months between April and August 2013 in patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Patients suffering from hypertension were recruited in study and were divided into two groups, Group 1 consisted of patient suffering from hypertension and diabetes mellitus whereas Group 2 consisted of patients suffering from hypertension. Patients were assessed on Short form health Survey (SF-36) and the WHOQOL Bref scores. Results: A total of 85 patients were screened out of which 41 patients were enrolled in the study, 21 patients in Group 1 and 20 patients in group 2. The SF-36 Scores showed significantly (p<0.05) worse pain scores in patients in Group 2. Patients in Group 1 had a better quality of life as compared to other group as evident by higher scores in most of the parameters of SF-36 and WHO-QOL Bref Score, though it was not statistically significant. Conclusion: Both groups had compromised quality of life; patients with hypertension and diabetes had a better quality of life.Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.15(1) 2016 p.84-89

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Assessment of the health related quality of life in patients suffering from hypertension and diabetes mellitus: A cross sectional study

Mann

Khubber

Gupta

et al. 2016

Bangladesh J Med Sci

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Validation of WHOQOL-BREF in Malayalam and Determinants of Quality of Life Among People With Type 2 Diabetes in Kerala, India

Sreedevi

Cherkil

Kuttikattu

et al. 2015

Asia Pac J Public Health

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Quality of life (QOL) is an important health outcome in people with chronic conditions like diabetes and WHOQOL-BREF is a popular instrument used worldwide to assess QOL. However, QOL varies considerably from society to society depending on the culture of the person. Hence, the WHOQOL-BREF was translated to the local language, Malayalam. This article attempts to establish reliability, construct and discriminant validity of the translated WHOQOL-BREF, and determinants of QOL among people with type 2 diabetes. A cross-sectional study was undertaken among 200 patients with diabetes attending a primary care center in a rural area of Kerala, India. The translated version of WHOQOL-BREF was found to be internally consistent (Cronbach’s α = .86) and demonstrated discriminant and construct validity. Education was found to be an independent determinant of QOL in the physical, psychological, and environmental domains. Thus, the translated version had good psychometric properties and education was an independent determinant of QOL in 3 of 4 domains.

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Quality of Life Among Diabetic Subjects: Indian Perspectives

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Assessment of the health related quality of life in patients suffering from hypertension and diabetes mellitus: A cross sectional study

Assessment of the health related quality of life in patients suffering from hypertension and diabetes mellitus: A cross sectional study

Validation of WHOQOL-BREF in Malayalam and Determinants of Quality of Life Among People With Type 2 Diabetes in Kerala, India

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