Quality of life studies among type 2 diabetes mellitus in Klang Valley / Nurhydiana Abd. Rahim

Quality of Life (QoL) issues of chronic diseases are now receiving increasing attention from researchers. This study aims to determine the QoL of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients in Klang Valley and to compare the QoL according to their socio demographic information, which will give some insight t...

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Main Author:	Abd. Rahim, Nurhydiana
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	Pharmaceutical industry Diabetes Mellitus
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/106326/1/106326.PDF
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.1063262024-12-15T03:16:33Z Quality of life studies among type 2 diabetes mellitus in Klang Valley / Nurhydiana Abd. Rahim 2009 Abd. Rahim, Nurhydiana Pharmaceutical industry Diabetes Mellitus Quality of Life (QoL) issues of chronic diseases are now receiving increasing attention from researchers. This study aims to determine the QoL of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients in Klang Valley and to compare the QoL according to their socio demographic information, which will give some insight to health practitioners on QoL-related information in order to improve the QoL of the patients. The data was collected by self-administered questionnaires. The questionnaire consists of two sections which are socio-demographic information and ADDQoL questionnaire. A total of 101 respondents among public completed the survey. The statistical analyses used were descriptive statistics and non-parametric Mann-Whitney and Kruskal Wallis tests. Generally, the QoL scores of the patients were low as the mean scores ranged from -4. 73 to -2.32. The highest score recorded is the way society react life domain which was -2.32 while the lowest score is freedom to eat life domain. It was also found that male patients, age of more than 40 years, not being a Hindu, better educated, employed, higher income, longer duration of disease and did not having any complications reported higher QoL compared to patients who were female, younger, being a Hindu, less educated, unemployed, moderate income, short duration of disease and having complications. This study leads to better understanding of QoL of the Type 2 OM patients. This is important in designing interventions by health practitioners towards Type 2 DM patients to improve the clinical outcome and most importantly the QoL of the patients. 2009 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/106326/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/106326/1/106326.PDF text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA (Kampus Puncak Alam) Faculty of Pharmacy
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spellingShingle	Pharmaceutical industry Diabetes Mellitus Abd. Rahim, Nurhydiana Quality of life studies among type 2 diabetes mellitus in Klang Valley / Nurhydiana Abd. Rahim
description	Quality of Life (QoL) issues of chronic diseases are now receiving increasing attention from researchers. This study aims to determine the QoL of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients in Klang Valley and to compare the QoL according to their socio demographic information, which will give some insight to health practitioners on QoL-related information in order to improve the QoL of the patients. The data was collected by self-administered questionnaires. The questionnaire consists of two sections which are socio-demographic information and ADDQoL questionnaire. A total of 101 respondents among public completed the survey. The statistical analyses used were descriptive statistics and non-parametric Mann-Whitney and Kruskal Wallis tests. Generally, the QoL scores of the patients were low as the mean scores ranged from -4. 73 to -2.32. The highest score recorded is the way society react life domain which was -2.32 while the lowest score is freedom to eat life domain. It was also found that male patients, age of more than 40 years, not being a Hindu, better educated, employed, higher income, longer duration of disease and did not having any complications reported higher QoL compared to patients who were female, younger, being a Hindu, less educated, unemployed, moderate income, short duration of disease and having complications. This study leads to better understanding of QoL of the Type 2 OM patients. This is important in designing interventions by health practitioners towards Type 2 DM patients to improve the clinical outcome and most importantly the QoL of the patients.
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title	Quality of life studies among type 2 diabetes mellitus in Klang Valley / Nurhydiana Abd. Rahim
title_short	Quality of life studies among type 2 diabetes mellitus in Klang Valley / Nurhydiana Abd. Rahim
title_full	Quality of life studies among type 2 diabetes mellitus in Klang Valley / Nurhydiana Abd. Rahim
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Quality of life studies among type 2 diabetes mellitus in Klang Valley / Nurhydiana Abd. Rahim

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