Objective

To evaluate the effect of different demographic, clinical and social factors on diabetic patients' quality of life (QOL).

Research design and methods

A cross sectional study conducted on patients with type 2 diabetes who attended King Abdulaziz University Hospital outpatient clinics between February and March 2017. The patients were asked about sociodemographic data including age, sex, educational level, exercise history and marital status in addition to clinical data such as duration of diabetes, presence of comorbidities as well as medication history. The patients' QOL were assessed using EQ-5D-5L Arabic version.

Results

131 participants were included in the study with a median age 55 years old. Forty five percent of participants were male. Regarding EQ-5D scores, there were significant correlation with gender, exercise, hypertension, heart disease, marital status, educational level and duration of diabetes while there was a significant difference in EQ-VAS scores with respect to heart disease, level of education and duration of diabetes.

Conclusion

More attention needs to be given to the assessment of the QOL of diabetic patients and assessing the effect of different treatment modalities on improvement of patients’ QOL.

中文翻译：

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糖尿病对沙特阿拉伯健康相关生活质量的影响

客观的

评估不同人口统计学、临床和社会因素对糖尿病患者生活质量（QOL）的影响。

研究设计与方法

一项对 2017 年 2 月至 3 月期间在阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学医院门诊就诊的 2 型糖尿病患者进行的横断面研究。除了临床数据外，还向患者询问了社会人口学数据，包括年龄、性别、教育水平、运动史和婚姻状况例如糖尿病的持续时间、合并症的存在以及用药史。使用 EQ-5D-5L 阿拉伯语版本评估患者的生活质量。

结果

131 名参与者被纳入研究，中位年龄为 55 岁。45% 的参与者是男性。EQ-5D评分与性别、运动、高血压、心脏病、婚姻状况、文化程度、糖尿​​病病程有显着相关性，而EQ-VAS评分与心脏病、受教育程度和糖尿病病程有显着差异。糖尿病的持续时间。

结论

糖尿病患者生活质量评价和不同治疗方式对改善患者生活质量的影响需要更加重视。