[Quality of life and degree of control in type 2 diabetics seen in primary care].
OBJECTIVE
To analyse the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of type 2 diabetic patients (DM2) and to study the possible influence of this on the metabolic control of the disease and the associated diseases.


METHODS
Cross-sectional descriptive study of HRQL using a general questionnaire with COOP/WONCA cartoons and evaluation of compliance with the control criteria.


RESULTS
A total of 98 patients with an average age of 72.9+/-9.9 years were studied, of which a total of 44.8% had a total score of <15 in the questionnaire. In the "overall health" dimension, 64.2% scored it between good and excellent. Almost 70% showed that they did not have physical or emotional health limitation in their social activities, and 42.9% had not suffered any pain in the previous two weeks. A total of 57.1% did not have difficulty when carrying out normal activities or tasks, and 55% said that they could only do light or very light physical activity for 2 minutes. Degree of control: 50% HbA(1c) <7%; 68.4% total cholesterol <200 mg/dl; 26.5% LDL-cholesterol <100 mg/dl; 69.4% HDL-cholesterol >40 mg/dl; 86.7% triglycerides <150 mg/dl; 51% blood pressure (BP) <130/80 mmHg and 90.8% did not smoke. Only 9.1% simultaneously fulfil the objectives for BP, LDL-cholesterol and HbA(1c). We did not find any relationship between the total score obtained in the questionnaire and age, the number of associated DM2 diseases or the number of control criteria accomplished or differences between the average values of the total score of the questionnaire and the gender of the patient.


CONCLUSIONS
The HRQL and the degree of DM2 control in our patients can be considered good. We did not identify factors related to the control that influence their quality of life.
Gómez-Navarro
Rafael
R
Equipo de Atención Primaria, Centro de Salud Teruel Rural, Teruel, España. ragona@ya.com
Albiñana-Tarragó
Julián
J
Belenguer-Andrés
Natividad
N
Navarro-Julián
M José
MJ
D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D011320:Primary Health Care; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin