Quality of life of patients with diabetes mellitus: Social domain of health

Abstract

Gru ji}-Vuj mi lo vi} Dra ga na, Ga vri} @i va na Me d i cal Fa c ulty, Uni ver sity Ba nja Lu ka, De part ment of So cial Me d i ci ne, Ba nja Lu ka, Re pu b lic of Srp ska, Bo snia and Her ze go vi na Pri mljen/Re ce i ved 25. 3. 2014. god. Pri hva }en/Ac cep ted 11. 05. 2014. god. Ab stract: In tro duc tion: Di a be tes mel li tus is a chro nic di s e a se that af fects the qu a l ity of pe o ples' li ves thro ugh a num ber of psy cho lo g i cal, emo ti o nal, so cial and psycho se xu al pro b lems. Ob jec ti ve: As sess so cial do main of qu a l ity of li fe among a sam ple of di a be tic pa ti ents and de ter mi ne its as so ci a tion with the so cio-de mo grap hic va ri a bles. Met h ods: In a sur vey con duc ted at the Cli n i cal Cen ter Ba nja Lu ka from Oc to ber 2011 un til Ju ne 2012 year, we re in clu ded 150 pa ti ents with di a be tes mel li tus and 150 pa ti ents with hyperthyro i dism. To as sess qu a lity of li fe, we re used the qu e s ti on na i re of the World He alth Or ga ni za tion (WHO QOL-BREF). Re sults: In pa ti ents with di a be tes mel li tus com pared to the con trol gro up, with sta ti s ti cal sig ni f i cant dif fe ren ce (t =-3.304; p < 0.001) so cial do main was re du ced. Pa ti ents with di a be tes mel li tus, with sta ti s ti cally sig ni f icant dif fe r en ce (U = 4603.5, p < 0.001) we re mo re dis satis fied with sex li fe. With per so nal re la ti on ships and with the sup port they re ce i ved from the ir fri ends we re "sa t isfied" 68.0% and 62.0% and "very sa t is fied" 14.0% and 11.3% of tho se with di a be tes mel li tus, wit h o ut sta ti s ti cally sig ni f i cant dif fe r en ce (p > 0.05) com pa red to con trol group. In hig her per cent with the sup port they re ce i ved from fri ends we re sa t is fied re spon dents who we re mar ried (67%) than tho se who we re sin gle (40.0%), (p = 0.055). Con clu sion: Most of the pa ti ents with di a be tes melli tus we re sa t is fied with the ir per so nal re la ti on ships and with so cial sup port that they got from the ir fri ends wit h out dif fe r en ce by gen der, age and le vel of ed u ca tion. Pa tients with di a be tes we re less sa t is fied with the ir sex li fe. Keywords: di a be tes mel li tus, qu a l ity of li fe, so cial do main.

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