The Quality of Life of Type 2 Diabetic Women at Al-Diwanyiah City, Iraq

Abstract

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a common chronic condition that has a well-known influence on one's quality of life (QOL). The quality of life of diabetic women has never been studied before. Previous international research, on the other hand, have found that QOL is linked to socioeconomic position as well as other characteristics. The goal of this study was to determine the quality of life of women with type 2 diabetes. Material/Methods: A sample of 100 type 2 diabetic women who treated in the Diabetes Specialist Center at AL- Diwaniyah Teaching Hospital. The study was began from November, 2nd , 2018 to April, 1st, 2019. Participants were given the World Health Organization quality of life questionnaire-short version (WHOQOL-BREF). were acquired to assess QoL domains that included physical and psychological health, social relationships, and environmental domains. Means, standard deviations, and statistical tests for differences were performed to compare between QoL and socio-demographic Results: The study showed that the highest percentage of diabetes women in the elderly was (33%) at the age of (51-60) and the majority of them were married ( 63%) and they have a moderate economic status (57%) and (43%)of them were illiterate education level, while the results had indicated that physical and psychological health domains was rated at low level, while social and environment health domains were rated at moderate level of Qol. Conclusions: Based on the findings of the current study, it can be concluded that, type 2 diabetes mellitus among women associated with a lower quality of life especially physical and psychological health domains and a moderate level of social and environment domains with a high significant relationship between the quality-of-life level and all the demographic characteristic at p. value 0.05. Recommendations: Implementation of a health education program about lifestyle modification and glycemic control for these women, and measures to improve quality of life of type 2 diabetic patients are highly needed.