Razavizadegan S A, Eftekharian F, Rahmanian F, Kalani N. Comparison of quality of life between diabetic patients with and without retinopathy: an analytical cross-sectional study in Jahrom city. Tehran Univ Med J 2024; 82 (5) :397-405
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1- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran.
2- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran.
3- Research Center for Social Determinants of Health, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran. , navidkalani@ymail.com
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Background: Diabetic retinopathy is one of the main causes of blindness in the world and one of the causes of disability in diabetic patients. However, no study has been conducted in Iran to Comparison of Quality of Life between Diabetic Patients With and Without Retinopathy.
Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 183 diabetic patients referred to the Jahrom Honari Clinic from October to February 2023. The patients were divided into two groups: diabetic patients without retinopathy complications and diabetic patients with retinopathy complications. The data collection tool included two demographic information questionnaires and a quality of life questionnaire (DQOL-BCI). The data of the two groups and subgroups were compared and analyzed using SPSS version 21 software and descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistical tests (chi-square, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient) at a significance level of P<0.05.
Results: The majority of diabetic patients participating in the study in the group with retinopathy (70.3%) and the group without retinopathy (75%) were male. The groups of Diabetic Patients With and Without Retinopathy did not differ significantly from each other in terms of demographic variables and were similar. There was a significant difference between Diabetic Patients With and Without Retinopathy in terms of average quality of life (P>0.001). The mean quality of life in the group of diabetic patients with retinopathy (41.19±7.97) was higher than that of the group of diabetic patients without retinopathy (37.22±7.37). There was no significant difference between the mean quality of life and demographic variables in diabetic patients without retinopathy and diabetic patients with retinopathy (P<0.001).
Conclusion: That patients with retinopathy had a higher quality of life than the group without retinopathy. These results were obtained while none of the demographic variables such as age, gender, marital status, and education level had a significant relationship with the quality of life of these patients.
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