Effect of education on improvement of quality of life by SF-20 in type 2 diabetic patients.
OBJECTIVE
To improve the HRQOL of type 2 diabetes patients with health education and identify factors which may be associated with the QOL to decrease the complications of them.


METHODS
the subjects in the present study were type 2 diabetes patients with range 25-75 years old. Hundred and twenty individuals were randomly selected from the list of the referee patients of the Diabetic Research patients of Yazd. They were divided into two groups: case group (60 persons) and control group (60 persons). The health related quality of life was measured with SF-20 questionnaire. The education as intervention factor was performed using face-to-face and group teaching methods to case group. All data which were collected before and after intervention (two months after education) were transferred directly into SPSS. For data analysis, Chi-square, t test were used.


RESULTS
the mean duration of diabetes of patients was 9.87 (SD=7.2) years. As much as 8.3% patients managed diabetes by diet only, while 84.4% and 7.3% were taking oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin respectively. About 72.4% of patients had neuropathy, and 66% retinopathy. Intervention caused an increase in scores of the six dimensions and QOL of case group after intervention. There was significant difference between the scores of four dimensions of SF-20 and QOL of case and control groups after intervention (P= 0.000-0.007).


CONCLUSIONS
Diabetes requires the patients to self-manage their disease and is a lifetime struggle to maintain and increase QOL. Treatment plans that inherently improve or include strategies to enhance patients' QOL may increase compliance, thereby improving these patients' metabolic status.
Baghianimoghadam
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Health Faculty of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Danesho BLV Yazd, Iran. baghianimooghadam@yahoo.com
Afkhami
Ardekani
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Baghianimoghadam
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life; D012648:Self Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires