Open AccessCompare the Quality of Life in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Healthy Individuals (Application of WHOQOL-BREF)
Author(s) -
Leila Tavakkoli,
Azizallah Dehghan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
majallah-i taḥqīqāt-i ̒ulūm-i pizishkī-i zāhidān/majallah-i taḥqīqāt-i ̒ulūm-i pizishkī-i zāhidān./zahedan journal of researches in medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2228-6403
pISSN - 2008-7977
DOI - 10.5812/zjrms.5882
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , quality of life (healthcare) , disease , type 2 diabetes , gerontology , cross sectional study , chronic disease , physical therapy , family medicine , nursing , endocrinology , pathology
BackgroundDiabetes is a chronic disease that its prevalence will double in the world by 2030. According to the report of world health organization (WHO) in 2014, diabetes is the fourth main disease contributing to premature death among Iranians.ObjectivesAccording to the third national program of care system for risk factors of non-communicable diseases, the prevalence of diabetes is reported to be more than 8 percent. Given the high prevalence of diabetes and its importance, the aim of this study was compare the quality of life in patients with type II diabetes and healthy people in Kerman.MethodsThis study was a cross-sectional. Two hundred diabetic patient and 200 healthy people participated in this study. The WHOQOL-BREF was used to collect data.ResultsThis study showed that score of quality of life in all dimension in diabetic patients were fewer than healthy people impressively (P < 0.05). The score of quality of life in physical dimension was higher in men than women (P = 0.035) and it was also higher in people graduated in diploma than other levels of education (P = 0.047).ConclusionsTo recapitulate, since chronic diabetes disease is not fatal, the patients will not be recovered and they practically have the disease and its complications over their entire life, it is recommended to address the quality of life among these patients’ especially physical and psychological domains