Assessment of quality of life among type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertensive patients in Punjab region: A WHOQoL-BREF based hospital study

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Obesity Medicine Pub Date : 2025-09-16 DOI:10.1016/j.obmed.2025.100651

Priyanka Garg, Palakurthi Yanadaiah

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Abstract

Aim

According to recent WHO report, type 2 diabetes mellitus along with associated conditions like hypertension are the most prevalent and alarming disorders especially in low-income settings. The prognosis rates of type 2 diabetes mellitus with hypertension depends on the quality of life of the patients. It arises concern to perform research on this group of patients to reduce the poor outcomes and to improve the prognosis of the disease. This study merely focuses on evaluating the quality of life of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted at Christian Medical College & Hospital in Ludhiana, Punjab, India, using a WHOQoL-BREF questionnaire. The research was conducted among 126 hypertensive and type 2 diabetes mellitus patients, aged between 18 and 70 years. Each patient received informed consent before filling the questionnaire. The data was analyzed using SPSS 16, ANOVA, and an independent student t-test.

Results

The study determined 59.5 % as female and 40.5 % being male. Further, the findings reported that environmental health domain exhibited the highest mean score of 29.3 while the social relationship domain exhibited the lowest quality of life. The variables like BMI, and duration of diseases showed a strong statistical significance with quality of life.

Conclusion

The study concluded that increase in BMI and duration of disease will significantly reduce the quality of life in patients suffering with type 2 diabetes with hypertension.

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旁遮普地区2型糖尿病和高血压患者生活质量评价：基于WHOQoL-BREF的医院研究

目的根据世卫组织最近的报告，2型糖尿病以及高血压等相关疾病是最普遍和最令人担忧的疾病，特别是在低收入环境中。2型糖尿病合并高血压的预后取决于患者的生活质量。对这组患者进行研究以减少不良后果和改善疾病预后引起关注。本研究仅对2型糖尿病合并高血压患者的生活质量进行评价。方法在印度旁遮普卢迪亚纳基督教医学院医院采用WHOQoL-BREF问卷进行横断面研究。研究对象为126名高血压和2型糖尿病患者，年龄在18岁至70岁之间。每位患者在填写问卷前均获得知情同意。数据分析采用SPSS 16、方差分析和独立学生t检验。结果女性占59.5%，男性占40.5%。此外，环境健康领域的平均得分最高，为29.3分，而社会关系领域的平均得分最低。BMI、疾病持续时间等变量与生活质量有较强的统计学意义。结论2型糖尿病合并高血压患者BMI升高和病程延长会显著降低患者的生活质量。

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Obesity Medicine Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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5.50

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审稿时长

40 days

期刊介绍： The official journal of the Shanghai Diabetes Institute Obesity is a disease of increasing global prevalence with serious effects on both the individual and society. Obesity Medicine focusses on health and disease, relating to the very broad spectrum of research in and impacting on humans. It is an interdisciplinary journal that addresses mechanisms of disease, epidemiology and co-morbidities. Obesity Medicine encompasses medical, societal, socioeconomic as well as preventive aspects of obesity and is aimed at researchers, practitioners and educators alike.