Health related quality of life in diabetic patients measured by the Nottingham Health Profile

Diabetic Medicine : a Journal of the British Diabetic Association
Sirkka Keinänen-KiukaanniemiP Koivukangas

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to assess the health related quality of life of adult diabetic patients using the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) as a measure. A further aim was to describe different Quality of Life (QOL) outcomes in different treatment groups of diabetes. The target population consisted of all registered adult (18 years or older) diabetic patients (n = 2519) in the district of Oulu, a city of 100 000 inhabitants in Northern Finland. All these persons were invited to participate in a screening examination for diabetic retinopathy, and the NHP questionnaire was mailed along with this invitation. A total of 1804 patients (72%) returned the NHP questionnaire when they came to the fundus photography session. The data were analysed by using mean values of NHP dimensions with the 95% confidence intervals (CI) and the logistic regression analysis to predict the risk (OR) for having at least one health problem in a particular dimension. The results indicated that patients with tablet treatment had significantly lower QOL levels than the 'general population' in all NHP dimensions. The diet treatment group patients had lower QOL levels than the 'general population' only in the 'Sleep' and 'Social isolation' dimensions. ...Continue Reading

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