Background and Objective: Increasing of life expectancy
and aging is associated with noncommunicable diseases including diabetes, so this disease can
affect various aspects of their
lives. Therefore, this study is
aimed to determine the level of health-related
quality of life in the elderly with diabetes and its effectors.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was
conducted on the 300 diabetics elderly (60 years and older) who referred to
health centers in Mashhad. Multi-stage cluster sampling was used. Data was
collected by in-person interviews using standardized health-related quality of
life, demographic
characteristics and Duke Social Support Questionnaire. Data
analyses were done by using SPSS (version 21) descriptive statistics and linear regression. The p-value less than
0.05 were considered as significant.
Results: The results showed that the mean of health-related quality of life among the elderly is 57.56±11.01. According
to the classification, (58.7%) 176 of the elderly had moderate health-related quality of life. Also, the social
dimension of (70%) 210 the
diabetics elderly was good. But in the physical dimension, (45%) 135 had low levels and in the psychological dimension, (63.3%) 190 were moderate. Furthermore, multiple linear
regression showed that the most significant elderly quality of life predictors
were sex, history of diabetes, education, marital status, health
insurance status, respectively (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The increasing elderly population with
diabetes and the
importance of the various
factors on quality
of life, it
is seemed to plan for improvement affecting factors
and promotion of their quality of life.
Key
words:
Health-related quality of life, Elderly,
Diabetes, Related factors
Funding: This research was funded by Mashhad University of
Medical Sciences.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences approved this study.
How
to cite this article: Kooshyar
H, Shoorvazi M, Dalir Z, Hoseini SM. Surveying Health-Related Quality of Life and Related Factors in the Diabetic Elderly in Mashhad in
2013.
J RafsanjanUniv Med Sci 2015
14(3):
175-88. [Farsi]
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