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QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG TYPE TWO DIABETES MELLITUS CLIENTS IN AN URBAN AREA OF TIRUPATI
Regidor III Dioso
Keywords: : Quality of life, Socio-demographic factors, Type2 Diabetes Mellitus Clients, WHO QoL
BREF
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Introduction: Quality of Life (QoL) is defined as “the state of being alive as a result of the interaction between fac- tors that influence health, happiness (including physical comfort and a rewarding occupation), education, social and intellectual attainments, freedom of action, justice, and expression. Methods: The study was conducted in Sri Padmavathi Medical College for Women, Tirupati, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India, A community-based cross-sectional study was done. The WHO-QoL BREF questionnaire was used to measure the quality of life of 120 Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. Results: Of the 120 T2DM patients, the demography revealed that age group was within 60-69 years (65.8%) of the clients included in this study, males (51.7%), nuclear families (78.3%), Hindus (67.5%), and literates (78.3%). Majority of families belonged to upper lower socio-economic group (45%). Most of them were backward classes (30%). The mean total transformed QoL score was high among >80 years, males, illiterates and upper class. All these differences were statistically non-significant. However, the mean total transformed QoL score showed significant relation with socio-economic class. Conclusion: Most of the study pop- ulation were leading moderate quality of life followed by good quality of life. Based on total domain QoL scores, it was concluded from this study that overall QoL was good among T2DM clients were >80 years, males, illiterates and the population in upper socioeconomic class. The mean total transformed QoL score showed significant relation with socio-economic class.
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