Quality of life of a patient with type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional study in Rural South India

Abstract

Background:With a high prevalence of diabetes in India, there is a need to study the impact of this disease on the quality of life (QoL) of the patients.Materials and Methods:This facility-based cross-sectional study assessed the QoL of patients attending the diabetic clinic using the World Health Organization (WHO) QoL BREF instrument in Tamil Nadu. The QoL was analyzed domain-wise and various socio-demographic factors affecting the QoL were studied.Results:The mean total score of the QoL scale was 58.05 (95% CI, 22.18–93.88). Domain-wise, 63% had good physical, 69% had good psychological, 27% had good social and 85% had good environmental QoL scores. Males, currently married and those with BMI more than 25 had a statistically significantly better QoL compared to their counterparts.Conclusions:Diabetes does impair the QoL of patients but not to a great extent. There is a need to specifically target and improve the QoL of women, widowed and separated, and non-obese diabetics who are at risk of a poor QoL. QoL assessment should be routinely practiced in diabetic clinics.

An observational study to assess the health-related quality of life of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients attending a tertiary care hospital, Belagavi

“…In the present study, majority of the study participants were males (55.3%) which was similar to study done in Maharashtra whereas in many other studies majority of the study participants were females. [5][6][7][8][9] The mean age of study participants in this study was 53.95±10.84, similar results were seen in studies done in Nepal and Nairobi. 5,6 Whereas it was low compared to study done by Somappa et al 3 Nearly 28% of the study participants were illiterates which was same as seen in several other studies and it was high compared to other studies by Genga et al and Jain et al [5][6][7][8][9] Majority of the study participants (86.2%) were currently married as was seen in several other studies.…”

“…[5][6][7][8][9] The mean age of study participants in this study was 53.95±10.84, similar results were seen in studies done in Nepal and Nairobi. 5,6 Whereas it was low compared to study done by Somappa et al 3 Nearly 28% of the study participants were illiterates which was same as seen in several other studies and it was high compared to other studies by Genga et al and Jain et al [5][6][7][8][9] Majority of the study participants (86.2%) were currently married as was seen in several other studies. [5][6][7][8][9] More than half of the study subjects (57%) were consuming any of the form of tobacco whereas this was very high compared to study done in Nepal and Maharashtra.…”

“…5,[10][11][12] Whereas this was 47% in Nepal study and 59% in CMC Vellore study. 6,8 Majority of the study subjects were diagnosed to have DM since last 5years, which was similar to several studies. [5][6][7][8] Majority of them (93%) were on oral hypoglycemic agents as seen in several studies.…”

“…5,6 Whereas it was low compared to study done by Somappa et al 3 Nearly 28% of the study participants were illiterates which was same as seen in several other studies and it was high compared to other studies by Genga et al and Jain et al [5][6][7][8][9] Majority of the study participants (86.2%) were currently married as was seen in several other studies. [5][6][7][8][9] More than half of the study subjects (57%) were consuming any of the form of tobacco whereas this was very high compared to study done in Nepal and Maharashtra. 6,7 In this study only 26.7% of them gave history of alcohol consumption which was less compared to study done by Jain et al, which showed it to be 98.6%.…”

A Review on Quality of Life Assessment among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

“…It is suggested that the targets of diabetes management are more likely to be achieved if the importance of predicting and improving QoL is recognised and monitored alongside biomedical outcomes such as blood glucose levels. Manjunath et al, (2014) conducted a study on Quality of life of a patient with Type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional study in rural south India. With a high prevalence of diabetes in India, there is a need to study the impact of this disease on the quality of life (QoL) of the patients.…”