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. 2024 Aug;13(8):2927-2933.
doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1377_23. Epub 2024 Jul 26.

The relationship between the duration of diabetes and dimensions of general health and quality of life associated with the health of diabetic patients

Sepehr Nickzad  1 , Majid Foroutan  2 , Amir Hossain Hedayati  2 , Mohammad Reza Pourmohseni  2 , Nemat Sotodeh Asl  3
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The relationship between the duration of diabetes and dimensions of general health and quality of life associated with the health of diabetic patients

Sepehr Nickzad et al. J Family Med Prim Care. 2024 Aug.

Abstract

Introduction: Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. Diabetes has a major impact on the quality of life of patients. The purpose of this study is the relationship between the duration of diabetes and dimensions of general health and quality of life associated with the health of diabetic patients.

Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional-analytical study, diabetic patients with more than 1-year history who were not suffering from other chronic diseases were included in the study. Then, using 15 questions for diabetes quality of life, questionnaires and GHQ28 general health were investigated in terms of quality of life and general health. The data were statistically analyzed using SPSS version 24 software.

Results: The average age was equal to 42.8 ± 14.4 years (with a median of 40 years). The average duration of the disease in the patients was equal to 7.7 ± 7.2 years (with a median of 5 years). The average quality of life score of the patients was equal to 50.3 ± 7.8 (out of 75). A negative and significant correlation between age and quality of life of patients was observed (P < 0.001). The duration of the disease had a direct and significant relationship with the general health score. But a significant difference between the quality of life of married and single people was not observed (P = 0.613). A direct and significant relationship between duration of disease, age with physical symptoms (P < 0.001), anxiety and insomnia (P = 0.001), social activity failure (P = 0.013), and depression (P = 0.001) was observed and was also observed with the overall score of general health (P < 0.001).

Discussion and conclusion: The duration of diabetes disease affects the quality of life and general health of diabetic patients, and discomfort, depression, and anxiety are the main problems that affect the quality of life of diabetic patients.

Keywords: Depression; diabetes; general health; quality of life.

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