Factors Relating to the Quality of Life of Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients at Primary care cluster Aranyaprathet, Sa Kaeo Province

Abstract

Background: Diabetes type 2 is a chronic disease, that cause physical, psychological, emotional, and socioeconomic problems of the country. Some patients have renal and retinal complication, including wounds that difficult to heal from diabetes. All of these things make a difference to the well-being of the patient. Visiting the doctor appointment, rout of taking medicine, health care behavior and depression can affect the quality of life of the patient.
Objective: To study quality of life and the related factor of quality of life in diabetes type 2 patients at Primary care cluster Aranyaprathet, Sa Kaeo Province.
Methods: This study is a Descriptive cross-sectional study of Diabetic type II patients at Primary care cluster Aranyaprathet, Sa Kaeo Province, collected from July 15, 2020 to October 15, 2020. Conducted on a sample consist of 303 people. The research instruments include general information, the health behavior questionnaires, depression assessment 2Q9Q and WHOQOL-BREF-THAI questionnaires. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation was used to determine the related factor.
Results: 58.4% of the sample had moderate level of the quality of life. The factors related to the quality of life were age (r=-0.127 p-value = 0.027), complications of diabetes (r = -0.197, p - value = 0.043) and Depression (r = 0.123 p-value =0.032) are having negative correlation, while income (r=0.205 p-value <0.001) and Lifestyle behavior (r = 0.152 p-value =0.008) are having positive correlation with statistically significant.
Conclusion: 58.4% of Diabetic type II patients at Primary care cluster Aranyaprathet, Sa Kaeo Province had moderate level of the quality of life. The factors related to the quality of life are age, income, complications of diabetes, lifestyle behavior and Depression.