[Quality of life of the patients with diabetes mellitus and risk factors ].

Quality of life is a comprehensive index for judging individual's physiological, psychological and social function and living condition. There were 143 patients with diabetes mellitus, based on WHO diagnosis standard, hospitalized' in PLA general hospital participated in the study. Investigation instrument included 156 questions (3 aspects) in total. The content of quality of life consisted of 14 items, covering physiological, psychological, social function and living conditions. The results showed that many abnormal changes of quality of life were found in the patients with diabetes mellitus. AMong them the impaired memory and concentration were most obvious. And less important changes were abnormal emotional reactions, reducing of entertainment activities, social adaptation and work ability. The age, degree of education, condition of the illness, complications, social and family background had effects on the quality of life.