Andres Fontalba Navas, Miguel Company Morales, Maria Filomena Rubio Jimenez and Jose Maria Requena Ramos
Northern Almeria Health Area, Spain
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Diabetes Metab
Objective: To discern health-related quality of life of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a rural area of south-eastern Spain. Methodology: A transversal descriptive study in which we analysed the link between development of the type 2 diabetes mellitus disease process and the quality of life of these patients. The SF-36 health survey was used as a tool during our study. A simple random sampling was carried out on diabetic patients (N=491), sample size precision 3%, confidence level 95% and 15% compensation for loss resulting in a sample of N=169. The data was analysed with SPSS 18.0 software. Results: The type 2 diabetic population has a quality of life score of more than 50 in most of the survey�??s aspects. We found the lowest scores for the aspect of �??Bodily Pain�?� (48.5). Extremely high scores were found for the aspects: �??Physical Functioning�?� (75.5), �??Role- Physical�?� (87.8) and �??Role-Emotional�?� (84.7). Statistically significant differences were observed between men and women for �??Bodily Pain�?� and �??Social Functioning�?� (p<0.001). Patients over 60 have higher scores for �??Bodily Pain�?� (p<0.001). Conclusions: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with poor self-perceived health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The HRQOL of female diabetic patients is especially affected. Diabetic patients perceive a decrease in satisfaction with their health as their age increases.
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