Health-related quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes compared to their spouses
Sub-study of the Asker and Baerum Cardiovascular Diabetes Study
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus, health-related quality of life, education, aspects of diabetes mellitusAbstract
AbstractBackground: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that may have a severe impact on the quality of life of patients themselves and their families. For patients living in a partnership, the involvement of and relations with spouses might be of importance.
Aims: This study aims to investigate self-assessed health-related quality of life (HRQL) in spouses and people with type 2 diabetes and describe spouses’ need for knowledge about type 2 diabetes.
Methods: Caucasian (n=75) people with type 2 diabetes (age 60±9 years, female/male16/59, HbA1c 7.5±1.6%) and their spouses (age 59±11 years, living in heterosexual relationship) performed self-assessment using SF-36 Norwegian version 1.2. Spouses were also asked about their need for education and information about type 2 diabetes.
Results: Three SF-36 health dimensions (general health perceptions, mental health, social functioning) were significantly reduced among people with type 2 diabetes, as compared to spouses and normative data (p<0.001), while the spouses’ HRQL was similar to the normative data. The majority (57%) of spouses wanted more information about the disease. Only a minority (31%) of the spouses felt supported in the provision of diabetes information by the healthcare providers system and few had received information from professionals (23%).
Conclusions: People with type 2 diabetes have reduced HRQL as compared with their spouses; but living in such a partnership does not reduce the SF-36 scores of the spouses, compared with the general population. As the majority of spouses wanted more information about type 2 diabetes and did not feel supported by the healthcare system, strategies that aim to improve their educational levels might be helpful for the treatment of people with type 2 diabetes living in a partnership.
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