Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Trabzon Numune Education and Research Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey.
Med Princ Pract. 2012;21(4):360-5. doi: 10.1159/000334622. Epub 2011 Dec 21.
It was our aim to investigate the quality of life (QOL) among family caregivers of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
The Short Form-36 QOL scale, Beck Depression Inventory and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Form were used to evaluate the presence and degree of depression and anxiety and their association with sociodemographic features of 50 family caregivers of diabetic patients compared to 54 controls.
The groups were similar in terms of age, sex, health insurance, educational status and marital and financial status. Beck Depression Inventory scores were significantly higher in family caregivers (p = 0.001) than in controls. Depression as a categorical variable was significantly more frequent among family caregivers of diabetic patients than among controls (p < 0.001). The social function component of the QOL of controls was better than that of family caregivers (p < 0.005). There was no difference between groups in terms of anxiety.
Family caregivers of diabetic patients appeared to be more prone to depression and tended to have a poorer QOL.
本研究旨在调查 2 型糖尿病患者家属照顾者的生活质量（QOL）。
采用简明 36 项健康调查量表、贝克抑郁量表和状态特质焦虑量表评估 50 名糖尿病患者家属照顾者和 54 名对照者的抑郁和焦虑状况及其与社会人口学特征的关系。
两组在年龄、性别、医疗保险、教育程度、婚姻和经济状况方面相似。家庭照顾者的贝克抑郁量表评分显著高于对照组（p = 0.001）。家庭照顾者中抑郁的分类变量显著高于对照组（p < 0.001）。对照组的社会功能部分 QOL 明显优于家庭照顾者（p < 0.005）。两组之间的焦虑无差异。
糖尿病患者的家属照顾者似乎更容易出现抑郁，并且生活质量较差。
