Comparison quality of life patients treated with insulin and oral hypoglycemic drugs

1st International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (ICTROMI) Faculty of Medicine Universitas Sumatera Utara

Harahap, A.W.^1 ; Nasution, M.S.^2

Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia^1

Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia^2

关键词: Diabetes mellitus;    Hypoglycemic drug;    Insulin secretion;    Metabolic disease;    Observational study;    Quality of life;    Sampling method;    Type-2 diabetes;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012166/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012166

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of chronic metabolic diseases with characteristic hyperglycemia that occurs due to abnormalities in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. Improved quality of life is one of the goals of DM management. This study aims to compare thequality of life in40 patients with type 2 diabetes using insulin therapy and 40 patients using oral hypoglycemic drugs in H. Adam Malik Hospital year 2015. This study is an observational study with cross-sectionalstudy designand consecutive sampling method. Evaluation of the patient's quality of life taken through interviews and questionnaires using the Short Form-36 questionnaire consistingof8 domains of quality of life. Statistical analysis using unpaired t-test and Mann-Whitney test. Results of the quality of life-based on patient characteristics showed significant differences in education factor (p=0.005) and employment factor (p=0.001). Quality of life-based on therapy showed significant differences in domain role of physical (p=0.005) and domain role of emotional (p=0.038).The quality of life of patients with type 2 diabetes using insulin better than using hypoglycemic drug significantly in domain role of physical and domain role of emotions.