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Health-related quality of life is one’s perceived status of life in value systems and cultural settings where they dwell in and in relation to their aspirations, expectations, ideals and fears. Diabetes has always been seen as a disease of affluence but over the years it is increasingly becoming a problem in developing countries. Globally, approximately 1.5 million deaths that occurred in 2012 due to diabetes, 80% of the deaths occurred in the developing nations. There is an increasing problem of non-transmittable diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa region which has brought a change in lifestyles like smoking, physical inactivity and unhealthy diet. Such non-communicable diseases include cardiovascular diseases, neuropathies & renal disorders which are commonly associated as the complications for diabetes mellitus. Measuring the extent an illness has affected health is of significance to the care and management of those individuals with chronic diseases whose remedy is not likely and since they require long-term management and care. Quality of life has a multivariate approach as it highlights information on bodily health, emotional health, functional and social health spheres of an individual’s view of the extent their health has been affected. This measure, therefore, provides holistic care for an individual with diabetes mellitus. This study seeks to solely look at how the wellness of individuals with diabetes mellitus is affected. The research adopted a cross-sectional descriptive design. 165 respondents were selected through systematic random sampling. The researcher used logistic regression whereby patient’s characteristics like foot problem (aOR7.348; p=0.005) and numbness/pain in hands/legs/feet (aOR=0.155; p |
