AbuAlhommos Amal Khaleel, Alturaifi Amjad Heji, Al-Bin Hamdhah Amnah Mohammed, Al-Ramadhan Hawra Hassan, Al Ali Zahra Abdullah, Al Nasser Hawra Jumah
Pharmacy Practice Department, Clinical Pharmacy College, King Faisal University, Alhasa, Saudi Arabia.
Patient Prefer Adherence. 2022 May 11;16:1233-1245. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S353525. eCollection 2022.
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. Diabetes mellitus has a major effect on patients' quality of life, especially when the patient has other comorbidities. Therefore, this study aims to assess the quality of life of type 2 diabetic patients in the Al-Ahsa region of Saudi Arabia.
This was a cross-sectional study, which was conducted from September 2020 to May 2021 on patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Al-Ahsa region of Saudi Arabia. Inclusion criteria were patients diagnosed with T2DM and aged 18 years and older. The EQ-5D-5L tool was used in this study to measure the quality of life.
A total of 321 patients with T2DM participated in the study. Only 8.4% of the study participants reported that their disease did not let them do their daily activities at all. The most commonly reported problems related to diabetes mellitus and its effect on patients' quality of life were pain/discomfort (around 68.0% of the patients reported some sort of problems in this dimension), followed by mobility, and depression and anxiety. There was a significant difference between males and females in terms of their quality of life, specifically self-care, pain and discomfort, and depression and anxiety (p<0.05). Patients from different marital statuses, education levels, employment status, and duration of the disease showed a significant difference in quality of life, except for depression and anxiety (p>0.05).
Pain/discomfort, mobility, and depression/anxiety are the main problems that are affecting diabetic patients' quality of life. Future studies are recommended to explore the effectiveness of patient tailored interventions to decrease the negative impact of these dimensions on patients' quality of life.
糖尿病（DM）是世界上最常见的慢性病之一。糖尿病对患者的生活质量有重大影响，尤其是当患者患有其他合并症时。因此，本研究旨在评估沙特阿拉伯艾哈萨地区2型糖尿病患者的生活质量。
这是一项横断面研究，于2020年9月至2021年5月对沙特阿拉伯艾哈萨地区的2型糖尿病患者进行。纳入标准为诊断为2型糖尿病且年龄在18岁及以上的患者。本研究使用EQ-5D-5L工具来测量生活质量。
共有321名2型糖尿病患者参与了本研究。只有8.4%的研究参与者表示他们的疾病完全不影响其日常活动。与糖尿病及其对患者生活质量的影响相关的最常见问题是疼痛/不适（约68.0%的患者在这一维度报告了某种问题），其次是行动能力以及抑郁和焦虑。男性和女性在生活质量方面存在显著差异，特别是在自我护理、疼痛和不适以及抑郁和焦虑方面（p<0.05）。来自不同婚姻状况、教育水平、就业状况和病程的患者在生活质量方面存在显著差异，但抑郁和焦虑除外（p>0.05）。
疼痛/不适、行动能力以及抑郁/焦虑是影响糖尿病患者生活质量的主要问题。建议未来的研究探索针对患者的干预措施的有效性，以减少这些维度对患者生活质量的负面影响。
