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Quality of life in diabetic, otherwise ill and healthy persons

Sixty-five diabetic persons were compared with 185 otherwise ill and 50 healthy persons in order to highlight quality of life issuess. The samples were balanced with respect to gender, education and family status, while age was lower in the healthy persons group (diabetic: 46.6 yrs +/-15.6 ; otherwise ill: 45.4 years +/-15.5 ; healthy persons 38.8 yrs +/-14.6 p=0.014). The World Health Quality of Life questionnaire (WHOQOL-100) was applied to assess the individual quality of life. The WHOQOL inquires into the respondent's perception and subjective evaluation of overall quality of life and general health, as well as 6 quality of life domains: physical, psychological, level of independence, social relationships, environment and spirituality/religion/personal beliefs domain. Analysis of variance was used to compare diabetic versus otherwise ill and healthy subjects. The group variability was statistically significant with regard to physical domain (F=18.98 p=0.0001), and level of independence (F=26.83 p=0.0001). The Scheffe test revealed that healthy persons gave significantly higher ratings, indicating better quality of life, than both unwell groups. Diabetic persons gave higher ratings for the physical domain than other unwell persons. F ratio significance remained unchanged with age as covariate. The results in particular facets indicate that diabetic persons are mostly disturbed with regard to their energy level, mobility, activities of daily living and working capacity, but do not differ from the healthy persons in positive feelings, negative feelings, self-esteem, body image, cognitive abilities and social relationships.

quality of life; persons with diabetes

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