Odetunde Nurain Akinjide, Oyegbade Olanrewaju Oloyede, Odetunde Marufat Oluyemisi, Bello Ibrahim Sebutu, Abioye-Kuteyi Emmanuel Akintunde
Department of Family Medicine, Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesha, Osun State, Nigeria.
General Outpatient Department. General Hospital, Gusau, Zamfara State.
Niger Med J. 2022 Sep 10;63(1):43-49. doi: 10.60787/NMJ-63-1-117. eCollection 2022 Jan-Feb.
Caregivers' burden and health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) associated with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) are affected by several factors, including socio-demographic characteristics of the patients and their caregivers. Unfortunately, studies evaluating the influence of socio-demographic characteristics on caregivers and patients with DM in this environment are limited. This study therefore aimed at assessing the level of the burden imposed on the primary caregivers, the level of HRQoL of Individuals with Diabetes Mellitus (IDM) and the influence of socio-demographic characteristics on these variables among IDM attending the Family Medicine clinic of Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, Osun State, Nigeria.
Seventy-eight consenting IDM and their corresponding primary caregivers were recruited over 13-weeks in this hospital-based cross-sectional descriptive study. The Well-Being Questionnaire and Zarit Burden Interview were administered on IDM and their corresponding caregivers to assess HRQoL and burden of care. Data were analysed on SPSS 17 using descriptive statistics and Pearson chi-square test at p<0.05.
Mean ages of respondents were 70.4±6.33 and 23.7±7.58 years for diabetics and caregivers, respectively. The majority of the diabetic respondents were females (61.5%), married (66.7%), and retired (64.1%). The majority of the caregivers were females (87.2%), petty traders/students (71.8%) and unmarried (87.2%). Over half (51.3%) of the diabetic respondents and their caregivers had 'good' HRQoL and 'high' caregivers' burden.
The caregiver being a female, having primary education, being single and having a nuclear family relation of the IDM influenced good HRQoL, whereas being a low-income earner and an uneducated IDM influenced high caregivers' burden.
与糖尿病（DM）相关的照料者负担及健康相关生活质量（HRQoL）受多种因素影响，包括患者及其照料者的社会人口学特征。遗憾的是，在此环境下评估社会人口学特征对糖尿病照料者和患者影响的研究有限。因此，本研究旨在评估尼日利亚奥孙州伊莱萨卫斯理公会医院家庭医学诊所中，糖尿病患者的初级照料者所承受的负担水平、糖尿病患者（IDM）的HRQoL水平，以及社会人口学特征对这些变量的影响。
在这项基于医院的横断面描述性研究中，于13周内招募了78名同意参与的IDM及其相应的初级照料者。对IDM及其相应照料者进行了幸福感问卷和扎里特负担访谈，以评估HRQoL和照料负担。使用SPSS 17进行数据分析，采用描述性统计和p<0.05的Pearson卡方检验。
糖尿病患者和照料者的平均年龄分别为70.4±6.33岁和23.7±7.58岁。大多数糖尿病患者为女性（61.5%）、已婚（66.7%）且已退休（64.1%）。大多数照料者为女性（87.2%）、小商贩/学生（71.8%）且未婚（87.2%）。超过一半（51.3%）的糖尿病患者及其照料者具有“良好”的HRQoL和“高”的照料者负担。
照料者为女性、接受过小学教育、单身且与IDM有核心家庭关系，会影响良好的HRQoL，而低收入且未受过教育的IDM则会影响较高的照料者负担。
