Impact of Duration of Diabetes Mellitus on Patients' Quality of Life,A Cross Sectional Survey

Abstract

Objective:To determine the effect of duration of disease on physical functioning among patients with diabetes mellitus
Methods: In this cross sectional survey, 200 diabetic patients visiting Arif Memorial Teaching Hospital and Jinnah Hospital, Lahore were asked to fill the questionnaires. Probability, consecutive sampling technique was used. The data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 21. Different domains of SF 36 were computed and presented in the form of
Mean ± Standard Deviation. SF 36 scores were stratified according to duration of disease and analyzed using ANOVA. Pvalue of ≤0.05 was considered as significant.
Results:Among the patients 66(33.0%) patients had diabetes from less than 5 years, 67(33.5%) patients had diabetes from
5 to 15 years and 67(33.5%) patients were suffering from diabetes more than 15 years. Average Physical Functioning score was 44.98±31.07, Pain score was 53.15±8.26, Physical Health score was 45.43±20.19 and Overall quality of life score was 53.20±14.83.
Conclusion: The diabetes mellitus has mild effects on the patient's quality of life if duration is less than 5 years, has moderately effects the quality of life if duration is in between 5 to 15 years and has severely effects the patient's life if it progress to more than 15 years of life
Key Words: Diabetes Mellitus, Quality Of Life