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Prevalence of Diabetes and Its Impact on Quality of Life among Jingpo Ethnic Residents in Yunnan Province / 昆明医科大学学报
Article in Zh | WPRIM | ID: wpr-509448
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ABSTRACT
Objective To analyze the prevalence of diabetes and its impact on the quality of life (QOL) among Jingpo ethinic residents in Yunnan province.Methods Questionnaire survey and fasting blood glucose (FBG) testing were conducted among 1367 Jingpo residents aged ≥ 35 years selected with random sampling method in Mangshi municipality of Dehong prefecture in Yunnan province.The Medical Outcome Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) was used in the survey.Results The prevalence rate of diabetes among the Jingpo residents was 4.1%,and 4.2% for males,4.0% for females.Among Jingpo diabetic patients,mean scores for the domains of physical functioning (PF),role physical (RP),bodily pain (BP),general health (GH),vitality (VT),social function (SF),role emotional (RE),mental health (MH),physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) were (84.64 ±16.81),(53.13 ±45.24),(71.70 ± 24.28),(49.46 ± 21.38),(65.09 ± 11.02),(90.08 ± 14.00),(79.17 ± 39.98),(70.29 ± 13.73),(57.12 ± 9.39) and (55.07 ± 6.58),respectively.The identified diabetic patients had significantly lower QOL scores for the doamins of PF,RP,BP and PCS than their counterparts,respectively (P<0.05).The results of the multiple linear regression analysis showed that older Jingpo residents had lower scores in the domain of PCS and MCS (P<0.01);men has lower scores in the domain of PCS and MCS than women (P<0.01);the higher the level of education,the higher the scores of PCS and MCS (P<0.01);married Jingpo residents had higher scores in domain of PCS than those of unmarried and divorced (P<0.01);the diabetic patients had lower scores of PCS than their counterparts (P<0.01).Conclusion It is necessary to strengthen the health education for the elderly and people with low level of education,and improve the management of patients with diabetes,so as to effectively improve the QOL of Jingpo ethnic minority residents.
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Full text: 1 Index: WPRIM Type of study: Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Language: Zh Journal: Journal of Kunming Medical University Year: 2016 Type: Article
Full text: 1 Index: WPRIM Type of study: Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Language: Zh Journal: Journal of Kunming Medical University Year: 2016 Type: Article