Assessment of Quality of Life among Type-2 Diabetic Patients in Al-Madinah, 2020

Abstract

Introduction: Diabetic patients are subjected to many events that could have a considerable influence on their quality of life. Therefore, measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Type 2 diabetic patients is essential as one of the objectives of the healthcare services. To assess the quality of life of type 2 diabetic patients in Al-Madinah.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was done among a representative sample of adult diabetic type 2 patients attending prince Abdul-Aziz bin Majid diabetes center in Al-Madinah city in the North-Western part of Saudi Arabia. A self-administered questionnaire composed of three main sections was utilized; Socio-demographic data, clinical data, and the Arabic version of the Short-Form 36-item survey (SF-36) to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQOL).
Results: The study included 235 type-2 diabetic patients, out of targeted 243, with a response rate of 96.7%. Females represented 51.1% of them. Their age ranged between 20 and 76 years with an arithmetic mean of 42.5 years and a standard deviation (SD) of 12.3 years. The highest score was observed in the mental health domain (60.09±18.35), followed by physical functioning (45.21±9.20), energy and vitality (44.06±9.60), and bodily pain (43.06±17.76) whereas the lowest were role limitation due to physical problems (26.19±9.32) and role limitation due to mental health (25.87±9.13). The overall QoL score ranged between 23.75-54.13 with a mean±SD of 39.42±5.41. Among studied sociodemographic factors, there was a negative significant correlation between patients` age and total QoL score (r=-0.152, p=0.020) while among diabetes-related factors, there was a negative significant correlation between patients` HbA1c% level and total QoL score (r=-0.457, p<0.001).
Conclusions: The quality of life of type 2 diabetic patients was adversely impacted by some sociodemographic and diabetes-related factors. Therefore, the social and psychological support of those patients should be a must.