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Objective: In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of glycemic regulation, duration of diabetes and antidiabetic treatment on the quality of life (QOL) and to detect other factors that may affect QOL in type 2 diabetic patients using the short form-36 quality of life scale (SF-36). Materials and Methods: One hundred patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (according to the American Diabetes Association criteria) upon admission to the Endocrinology clinic of Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital between 1 July 2007 and 31 October 2007 were included in the study. One hundred healthy age- and gender-matched cases were also included as a control group. QOL assessments were made using the SF-36, and blood and urine samples were also collected. Results: In this study, we found several factors that affect QOL parameters. We detected a specific impairment in QOL among diabetic patients compared to healthy control subjects. The presence of more complications, neuropathy, retinopathy, low education level, lack of diabetes education, insulin treatment, inadequate metabolic control, long duration of disease, concomitant chronic disease and being a woman were all additional factors found to negatively affect the QOL. Conclusions: While our results mostly support the current literature, we believe that physiologic, demographic, and behaviour/attitude characteristics should be evaluated together with diabetic complications. Therefore, along with achieving metabolic control, attempts to identify risky patients are gaining importance as a way to improve the QOL of patients with type 2 diabetes. Turk Jem 2008; 12: 68-72 |
