Quality of life associated with diabetes mellitus in an adult population

Brown, Gary C.; Brown, Melissa M.; Sharma, Sanjay; Brown, Hilary F.; Gozum, Marvin E.; Denton, Paul

doi:10.1016/s1056-8727(00)00061-1

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“…Interestingly, education played no independent role with respect to QOL. Brown et al (2000) [21] reported that neither gender, level of education nor age significantly affected the QOL associated with diabetes.…”

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“…Moreover, QOL was worse among diabetics with less than 10 years duration of disease, followed by a relatively better QOL among those with 10 -20 years and then the worse QOL was present among those with more than 20 years of diabetes. Brown et al (2000) [21] noted that the type of diabetes, length of time of diabetes seemed not to have an impact over QOL.…”

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“…The presence of diabetic complications, such as retinopathy, peripheral vascular disease, coronary artery disease, peripheral sensory neuropathy, and depression, has been associated with poorer QOL in a number of studies [21] [28].…”

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Quality of Life among Saudi Diabetics

Alshehri¹

2014

JDM

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Aim of study: To assess QOL among Saudi diabetics and to identify the possible risk factors associated with lower QOL. Patients and Methods: This study comprised 400 diabetic patients attending the Diabetes Clinic at the University Diabetes Center in Riyadh. They were interviewed using the Audit of Diabetes Dependent QOL (ADDQOL). Results: Most diabetic patients (78.7%) had negative (i.e., unfavorable) ADDQOL scores. Diabetic patients' age, education and occupation were not significantly associated with their QOL. Female patients had significantly worse QOL than male patients (p = 0.026). Married patients had significantly worse QOL compared with non-married patients (p = 0.012). Patients with type 2 diabetes had significantly worse QOL than those with type 1 diabetes (p = 0.029). Duration of diabetes was not significant factors as regard their QOL, with the worst QOL among those with more than 20 years of diabetes. The degree of diabetes control was significantly and directly associated with QOL score (p < 0.001). The worst QOL was expressed among poorly controlled diabetes while the best was among patients with excellent control. QOL of diabetics was less among those who had diabetes complications, i.e., neuropathy (p = 0.03), retinopathy (p < 0.001), and diabetic foot (p = 0.031). However, difference was not significant according to those with nephropathy. Conclusions: QOL of Saudi adult diabetic patients is not favorable. Personal characteristics associated with worse QOL among diabetics include female gender, and being married. Disease characteristics associated with worse QOL include being a type 2 diabetic and those with uncontrolled diabetes. Main complications associated with worse QOL among diabetics include retinopathy, diabetic foot and neuropathy.

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Quality of Life among Saudi Diabetics

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2014

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“…Três artigos originais serão analisados posteriormente, pois relacionam-se com qualidade de vida (45,46) e fatores psicológicos relacionados às complicações clínicas do DM (47).…”

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Diabetes mellitus e depressão: uma revisão sistemática

Moreira¹,

Papelbaum²,

Appolinário³

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Arq Bras Endocrinol Metab

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A presença de depressão no paciente com diabetes mellitus (DM) parece relacionar-se a alterações no curso clínico da doença. O objetivo deste trabalho é realizar uma revisão sistemática sobre a associação entre o DM e depressão. Foi realizada uma pesquisa bibliográfica utilizando as bases de dados MEDLINE e LILACS para identificar artigos relevantes, publicados entre 1990 e 2001, que avaliassem esta associação. Foram analisadas informações referentes à prevalência, ao impacto e ao tratamento da depressão no DM. A prevalência de depressão no DM variou de 0 a 60,5%. Sintomas depressivos relacionaram-se a um pior controle glicêmico, a um aumento e a uma maior gravidade das complicações clínicas, a uma piora da qualidade de vida e ao comprometimento de aspectos sociais, econômicos e educacionais ligados ao DM. O tratamento da depressão está relacionado à melhora dos níveis glicêmicos, podendo contribuir para um melhor controle de diversos aspectos relacionados ao DM. The presence of depression in a patient with diabetes mellitus (DM) seems to be related to changes in the clinical course of the disease. The purpose of this study is to perform a systematic review on the association of DM and depression. A bibliographic search was performed using the MEDLINE and LILACS databases to identify relevant articles, published from 1990 to 2001, which evaluate this relationship. Information concerning prevalence, impact and treatment of depression in DM were analyzed. The prevalence of depression varied from 0 to 60.5%. The presence of depressive symptoms were associated with a poor glycemic control, an increase in the number and severity of clinical complications, a worse quality of life and impairment of social, educational and economic aspects related to DM. The treatment of depression is associated with an improvement in glycemic levels, which may contribute to a better control of several aspects related to DM. (Arq Bras Endocrinol Metab 2003;47/1:19-29)

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“…Such discrepancies in the research findings are explained by diversity of measurement methods used, or by side effects of the new treatment, such as e.g. increased BMI after the insulin therapy initiation (Brown et al, 2000). It is also emphasized that insulin therapy may yield only short-term improvements in psychological outcomes (Reza, Taylor, Ward, & Hendra, 2002), which might be associated with reduction of distressing bodily sensations (hyperglycemia; Davis, Clifford, & Davis, 2001).…”

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