Poster Presentation
Monday, November 14, 2005
Quality of Life in People With Type 2 Diabetes
Patricia Gómez Aguilar, PhD, RN, Nursing Department, University Autonomous of Youcatan, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, Ana Emilia Pace, PhD, RN, General and Especialized Nursing Department, Nursing School - University of São Paulo - Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, and Rosana Spadoti Dantas, PhD, RN, General and Specialized Nursing Department, Nursing School - University of São Paulo - Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
| Learning Objective #1: Describe the negative impact of diabetes on quality of life |
| Learning Objective #2: Identify the sociodemographic and clinical variables that influence the quality of life of the diabetic person |
This is a descriptive study of the transversal, with the objective to analyze the general quality of life, quality of life health related of the people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, as well as relating these two variable between itself and the social-demographic and clinical characteristics. It is established hypothesis of that inverse relation exists between the four domains of the quality of life and the impact of the illness. The data had been collected in the city of Tizim¨ªn, Yucat¨¢n - Mexico, by interview. To evaluate the quality of life was used the WHQOL-Bref instrument and for the impact of the illness the ADDQOL. Was considered clinical variables, like Body Mass Index, HbA1c and Blood Glucose level. The studied population was constituted for 287 diabetics, 77% female and 23% male; average age of 57,9 years; 83,6% without school level; 81,5% lived with partner or wife; 52,96% had bigger income of five minimum wages; average time of evolution of diabetes 6,75 years; 75,3% classified between overweight and obesity degree III; 75,3% with HbA1c 6,9% or more. The averages, respective shunting line standard and ¦Á of Cronbach for the domains do WHQOL - Bref had been: physicist (56,9/13,3/0,64), psychological (58,13/13,8/0,59), social (59,27/16,22/0,58) and environment (51,20/11,99/0,65). The ADDQOL got ¦Á=0,85, total value of them props up of -7,83 the 0,18, average -2,44 and SD 1,47; items that they had gotten greater impact had become related it the work (-4,00), conditions of life (-3,00), freedom to eat (-4,00) and pleasure for the food (-3,00). Significant relation with p=0,05 was verified enters the physical domain of the WHOQL-Bref with the marital state, social domain with familiar income and psychological domain with the HbA1c; it had inverse relation between the ADDQOL and the domains social and environment, not being possible to confirm the hypothesis.