A Study on Prevalence of Diabetes and Its Impact on Quality of Life Of Patients in Bangladesh

ABSTRACT

Background: Diabetes management requires a fundamentalchange in the lifestyle of a patient and quality of life is one ofthe core consequences. This analysis attempted to determinethe Diabetes Quality of Life (DQoL) score; a measurementdeveloped for WHOs Diabetes Control and Complications Trial(DCCT) and analyzed the factors related to it in diabetes.Objectives: The main objective of the study is to assess theimpact of physiological, biological, medical and co-morbiditymeasures on the quality of life of patients with diabetes.Methods: This was a cross sectional method conducted inBirdem, Hospital, and the study duration was from October2018 to September 2019. The research site was at BIRDEM,where the study population was available. A total of 750sample of patients were chosen for the study using a statisticalmethod. Patients with diabetes diagnosed for at least 1 yearperiod were considered for the research. Severely ill patientswith numerous co-morbid conditions have been removed.Results: In this sample, 51% of patients were female and 49%were male. About 96% patients had type 2 diabetes, 65% hadcompleted their graduation and 70% were from lower middle tomiddle class families. Approximately 76.9% of patients wereeither overweight or obese, 52% had mobility problems, 27%had self-care issues, 49.2% had normal activities, 74.4% hadpain and 76.3% had depression problems. Results showedthat age, gender, lower - middle income, and HbA1c weresignificantly (p<0.05) associated with mobility. Self-care wassignificantly linked (p<0.05) to age, family history and period ofdiabetes mellitus (DM).Conclusions: Most patients had problems with pain /discomfort and anxiety / depression; half had problems withmobility and usual activities; and three in ten had problems withself-care. Age, gender, employment, education, family historyand length of DM and prescription care are important factorsassociated with diabetes quality of life in diabetes.