Quality of life for type II diabetes mellitus patients in a suburban tertiary hospital in Thailand
| Autor: | Chankawee Komaratat, Naruemon Auemaneekul, Wirin Kittipichai |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Health Research, Vol 35, Iss 1, Pp 3-14 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0857-4421 2586-940X |
| DOI: | 10.1108/JHR-05-2019-0100/full/pdf?title=quality-of-life-for-type-ii-diabetes-mellitus-patients-in-a-suburban-tertiary-hospital-in-thailand |
| Popis: | Purpose – The purposes of this paper were to assess the quality of life (QoL) in patients with type II diabetes mellitus (DM) in a suburban tertiary hospital and determine the factors that affect the QoL including individual characteristics, health factors, self-care behaviors and social support. Design/methodology/approach – This study was a cross-sectional study among DM type II cases being treated in a suburban tertiary hospital in Thailand. Data were collected by personal interview from 188 patients in 2018. Diabetes-39 was administered to assess QoL. Findings – 54.3 percent of patients had good QoL. Total score of QoL was moderate which found an average score of 216.0 ± 41.0, 46.8% had moderate level in self-care behaviors and 56.4 percent had moderate level in social support. The factors associated with QoL in patients were cerebrovascular disease (Fisher = 7.2, p = 0.01), self-care behaviors (rs = 0.191, p = 0.008) and social support (rs = 0.229, p = 0.002). Originality/value – Health care system ought to develop a policy driven to improve the QoL in DM type II patients by encouraging self-care behaviors and social support for DM type II patients. |
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