PMID- 33651277
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210517
LR  - 20210520
IS  - 1573-2649 (Electronic)
IS  - 0962-9343 (Print)
IS  - 0962-9343 (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 5
DP  - 2021 May
TI  - Quality of life of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Ramallah and al-Bireh 
      Governorate-Palestine: a part of the Palestinian diabetes complications and 
      control study (PDCCS).
PG  - 1407-1416
LID - 10.1007/s11136-020-02733-w [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a considerable impact on physical 
      health as well as on emotional and social wellbeing. This study aimed to 
      investigate the quality of life and its associated factors among Palestinians 
      with T2DM. METHODS: A cross-sectional study including 517 patients (68% female) 
      was conducted in eleven primary health care clinics located in Ramallah and 
      al-Bireh governorate of the West Bank. To assess socio-demographic data, risk 
      factors and diabetes control, interviews, physical examinations, anthropometric 
      measurements, and blood and urine tests were performed. The validated Arabic 
      version of the Audit of Diabetes-Dependent Quality of Life (ADDQoL) questionnaire 
      was carried out on all patients to measure Quality of Life (QoL). A multivariable 
      regression analysis was performed. RESULTS: The average weighted impact (AWI) 
      score was -3.38 (95% CI: -3.55 to -3.21, range: -9.00 to 0.12). This indicates 
      that diabetes was perceived as having a considerable negative impact on the 
      quality of life. The life domains 'freedom to eat', 'physical activities', and 
      'work-life' were the most negatively impacted. Males and individuals living with 
      diabetes for a prolonged time were associated with a more significant negative 
      impact on quality of life. CONCLUSION: The study showed that diabetes generally 
      had a negative impact on QoL and identified the demand for diabetes management 
      programs tailored to patient needs and different patient groups, as well as 
      health policies that put patients in the center of diabetes care.
FAU - Tietjen, Anna Katharina
AU  - Tietjen AK
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4482-6328
AD  - University of Lubeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lubeck, Germany. 
      anna.tietjen@student.uni-luebeck.de.
FAU - Ghandour, Rula
AU  - Ghandour R
AD  - Epidemiology Unit, Said Khoury Building for Development Studies, Institute of 
      Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, P.O.Box 14, Birzeit, Palestine.
FAU - Mikki, Nahed
AU  - Mikki N
AD  - St. John Eye Hospital, Sheikh Jarrah, P.O.Box 19960, 91198, East Jerusalem, 
      Palestine.
FAU - Jerden, Lars
AU  - Jerden L
AD  - School of Education, Health and Social Studies, Dalarna University, 791 88, 
      Falun, Sweden.
FAU - Eriksson, Jan W
AU  - Eriksson JW
AD  - Dept of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.
FAU - Norberg, Margareta
AU  - Norberg M
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Umea University, 901 87, Umea, 
      Sweden.
FAU - Husseini, Abdullatif
AU  - Husseini A
AD  - Epidemiology Unit, Said Khoury Building for Development Studies, Institute of 
      Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, P.O.Box 14, Birzeit, Palestine.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210302
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Qual Life Res
JT  - Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of 
      treatment, care and rehabilitation
JID - 9210257
SB  - IM
MH  - Arabs
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*complications/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Middle East
MH  - Quality of Life/*psychology
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
PMC - PMC8068630
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - ADDQoL
OT  - Health status
OT  - Palestinian diabetes complications and control study
OT  - Primary health care clinics
OT  - Quality of life
OT  - Type 2 diabetes
COIS- All authors declare no conflict of interest related to the submitted manuscript.
EDAT- 2021/03/03 06:00
MHDA- 2021/05/18 06:00
PMCR- 2021/03/02
CRDT- 2021/03/02 12:14
PHST- 2020/12/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/03/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/05/18 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/03/02 12:14 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/03/02 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1007/s11136-020-02733-w [pii]
AID - 2733 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11136-020-02733-w [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Qual Life Res. 2021 May;30(5):1407-1416. doi: 10.1007/s11136-020-02733-w. Epub 
      2021 Mar 2.