Assessment of health-related quality of life in people with diabetes and people without diabetes in Tanzania
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Health-related quality of life, SF-36, diabetes in TanzaniaAbstract
AbstractBackground: In developed countries health-related quality of life questionnaires are frequently used to gauge the measure of quality of life, which should be an important goal in diabetes care.
Aims: The aims of the present study were to assess quality of life in people with diabetes and people without diabetes living in Tanzania.
Method: Sixty-eight adults with diabetes were compared with a control group of 60 adults without diabetes, including student nurses and hospital workers. All respondents completed the Swahili version of the SF-36 quality of life questionnaire and answered two open-ended questions about quality of life.
Results: Those with diabetes reported poorer health than the group without diabetes in all eight SF-36 health domains. This difference was statistically significant for all questions but one. The open-ended questions relating to quality of life showed ‘satisfaction with basic needs’ and ‘economic factors’ to be the most dominant factors. People with diabetes perceived poorer health measured by the SF-36 health questionnaire than the group of people without diabetes.
Conclusions: Results showed that the SF-36 health-related quality of life questionnaire needs to be expanded to include issues dealing with basic needs and economy.
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