Association of Self-Care Behaviors and Quality of Life among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Chaldoran County, Iran

• Published in: Diabetes & metabolism journal Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. 449 - 456
• Main Authors: Towhid Babazadeh, Mostafa Dianatinasab, Amin Daemi, Hossein Ali Nikbakht, Fatemeh Moradi, Saber Ghaffari-fam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 대한당뇨병학회 31-12-2017
• Subjects: Diabetes mellitus; Quality of life; Self-care behavior; type 2
• ISSN: 2233-6079

Background: Self-care of diabetes is an essential part for controlling the disease and improvement of quality of life in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. This study aimed to analyze the associated factors of quality of life in patients with T2DM in order to design effective interventions.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 120 T2DM patients referred to health centers of Chaldoran, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. The quality of life’s questionnaires from World Health Organization and the self-care behaviors’ questionnaires were used for data collection.
Results: The mean age of patients was 46.30% and 53.30% of them were male. Among demographic variables, gender (P=0.002), age groups (P=0.007), and household monthly income (P=0.009) were significantly associated with total quality of life. Also, self-care nutrition (odds ratio [OR], 1.47; P=0.001), self-management of blood glucose control (OR, 1.29; P=0.002), and self-medication behavior (OR, 1.18; P=0.030) were identified as factors significantly associated with quality of life.
Conclusion: Self-care behaviors were significantly associated with quality of life; among them, the greatest influence was observed in self-care nutrition behavior. According to the findings of this study, appropriate interventions on self-care behaviors about nutrition can improve the quality of life for T2DM patients.