Health related quality of life in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 under hospital treatment

Background: Multiple changes in health related life style occures in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2). Aim – To evaluate peculiarities of health related quality of life in women with DM2. Methods: 43 patients (out of 76 proposed) from the Hospital Department of Endocrinology were investigated by using WHOQoL-100 questionnaire. Age- and sex-matched groups from the population study were used for comparison. Findings: QoL in women with DM2 (individuality (10.9 1.5 vs. 13.0 2.9, p¼0.008), spirituality (11.2 2.2 vs. 13.4 2.9, p¼0.021)) was significantly worse than in women with other endocrine diseases, significantly worse (physical domain (10.5 1.6 vs. 12.8 2.6, p¼0.0001), individuality (10.9 1.5 vs. 13.4 3.1, p¼0.0005)) than in age-matched population women. QoL in men with DM2 is better than in women with DM2: Tendency in psychological domain (13.1 0.8 vs. 11.9 1.6, p¼0.073). Discussion: Results found confirm the data of other studies. Our data may be useful for health psychologists working with patients with diabetesKauno medicinos universitetasKauno medicinos universiteto Endokrinologijos instituta