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

2016-07-28T06-23-49Z
Source: International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health
Avinash Kavi, Padmaja R. Walvekar, Maheshwar D. Mallapur.
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


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