Assessment of health related quality of life of elderly diabetic patients attending urban primary health care facility - a cross sectional study

Authors

  • Avinash Kavi Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, KLE University, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
  • Padmaja R. Walvekar Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, KLE University, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
  • Maheshwar D. Mallapur Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, KLE University, Belagavi, Karnataka, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162580

Keywords:

Elderly, Urban area, Diabetes mellitus, Quality of Life

Abstract

Background: ‘Ageing’ is associated with decline in many body functions; and lifetime exposure to health hazards has an impact on elderly who contend with the “double burden” of non-communicable diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, etc., Indian elderly are more prone for chronic disease like Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and hence measuring health related quality of life among them is essential to plan interventions at primary care settings.

Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 400 elderly patients aged 60 years and above with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus attending outpatient department of urban primary health care facility of Belagavi city. The quality of life was assessed using modified WHO-QOL BREF questionnaire under 4 domains viz. physical health, psychological, social relationship and environment.

Results: Among the participants 46% were men and 54% were women. The total scores for all the domains overall ranged between 15.75 and 73.5 with a mean score of 40.26 and a standard deviation of 11.14. The mean scores in physical, psychological, social and environmental scores were 44.21±8.50, 40.27±8.83, 36.69±14.62 and 39.9±12.58 respectively. Hypertension though the most common morbidity noted, but did not have statistically significant difference in any domains (P<0.05).

Conclusions: The health related quality of life among elderly diabetics was lower in social domain as compared to other domains. Socio-economic status and Education levels were associated with poor quality of life scores. Emphasis on quality of life assessment of elderly diabetic patients is imperative in comprehensive management.

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2017-01-05

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Kavi, A., Walvekar, P. R., & Mallapur, M. D. (2017). Assessment of health related quality of life of elderly diabetic patients attending urban primary health care facility - a cross sectional study. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 3(8), 2258–2263. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162580

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