Health-related quality of life and its determinants among patients with diabetes mellitus: a multicentre cross-sectional study in Northwest Ethiopia.
Ashenafi Kibret SendekieEphrem Mebratu DagnewBereket Bahiru TeferaEyayaw Ashete BelachewPublished in: BMJ open (2023)
This study concluded that the HRQoL of patients was compromised in all five measuring dimensions. The EQ-5D-5L utility and EQ-VAS scores were far lower than other findings. Clinical and medication-related variables, such as a higher BMI, a higher number of medications, the presence of comorbidities and/or complications, hypoglycaemia and insulin use were associated with poor HRQoL in patients with diabetes. As a result, interventions should be individualised and focused on determinant factors.
Keyphrases
- type diabetes
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- clinical trial
- body mass index
- prognostic factors
- physical activity
- healthcare
- risk factors
- glycemic control
- study protocol
- metabolic syndrome
- cross sectional
- adipose tissue
- weight gain
- skeletal muscle
- insulin resistance
- adverse drug