Quality of life of diabetic patients attending OPD of medical college hospital
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 1
Abstract
Background- Diabetes mellitus is one of the important causes of morbidity and mortality. It negatively affects quality of life of patients and further results in poor management of the disease. Methods- The present cross-sectional study was conducted upon 134 diabetic patients visiting OPD of urban center of Medical College Hospital to assess the quality of life of these patients using WHOQ oL-BREF scale. Results- Mean age was 51.3 ± 5.6 years. Males were more (61.9%) as compared to females, about one-third (31.3%) were illiterate, 79.1% were married, 29.1% belonged to lower socioeconomic class, 32.8% smoked and 55.2% were overweight or obese. Mean HbA1C of the diabetics was 7.9±2.4 %. Mean QoL for physical domain was 62.3±16.7, for the psychological domain was 57.6±19.3, for the social domain was 51.9±17.6 and for the environmental domain was 61.5±13.9. Mean for the overall QoL score was 58.3±17.4. Conclusion- The scores across various domains of quality of life were low resulting from psychological stress and limited social activity.
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Chandra Mani, Laxman Kumar
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