Publication: Quality of life for type II diabetes mellitus patients in a suburban tertiary hospital in Thailand
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2021-01-05
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2586940X
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08574421
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Mahidol University
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Journal of Health Research. Vol.35, No.1 (2021), 3-14
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Chankawee Komaratat, Naruemon Auemaneekul, Wirin Kittipichai Quality of life for type II diabetes mellitus patients in a suburban tertiary hospital in Thailand. Journal of Health Research. Vol.35, No.1 (2021), 3-14. doi:10.1108/JHR-05-2019-0100 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/78509
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Quality of life for type II diabetes mellitus patients in a suburban tertiary hospital in Thailand
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Purpose: The purposes of this paper were to assess the quality of life (QoL) in patients with type II diabetes mellitus (DM) in a suburban tertiary hospital and determine the factors that affect the QoL including individual characteristics, health factors, self-care behaviors and social support. Design/methodology/approach: This study was a cross-sectional study among DM type II cases being treated in a suburban tertiary hospital in Thailand. Data were collected by personal interview from 188 patients in 2018. Diabetes-39 was administered to assess QoL. Findings: 54.3 percent of patients had good QoL. Total score of QoL was moderate which found an average score of 216.0 ± 41.0, 46.8% had moderate level in self-care behaviors and 56.4 percent had moderate level in social support. The factors associated with QoL in patients were cerebrovascular disease (Fisher = 7.2, p = 0.01), self-care behaviors (rs = 0.191, p = 0.008) and social support (rs = 0.229, p = 0.002). Originality/value: Health care system ought to develop a policy driven to improve the QoL in DM type II patients by encouraging self-care behaviors and social support for DM type II patients.