PMID- 38383369
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20240223
LR  - 20240224
IS  - 1471-2458 (Electronic)
IS  - 1471-2458 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 1
DP  - 2024 Feb 21
TI  - Factors associated with quality of life among elderly patients with type 2 
      diabetes mellitus: the role of family caregivers.
PG  - 539
LID - 10.1186/s12889-024-17917-z [doi]
LID - 539
AB  - BACKGROUND: As a long-term chronic disease, Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) 
      patients' quality of life is affected by both themselves and his/ her close 
      relatives, requiring comprehensive support from family members to ensure that 
      patients are able to manage disease. The objective of this study is to 
      investigate the relationship between caregivers' sense of coherence, caregiver 
      competence, and T2DM patients' quality of life, as well as to explore the factors 
      affecting patients with T2DM patients. METHODS: This investigation was a 
      cross-sectional study. Between October 2022 and July 2023, 392 
      participant-caregiver dyads from two hospitals in Jinzhou City, Liaoning 
      Province, were researched. Participants were investigated by General 
      Characteristics Questionnaire, Modified Barthel Index (MBI), Diabetes Specific 
      Quality of Life Scale (DSQLS), Sense of Coherence scale-13 (SOC-13), and Family 
      Caregiver Task Inventory (FCTI). Data were statistically analyzed using SPSS 25. 
      Univariate and multivariate linear regression analyses were used to identify the 
      independent factors associated with the quality of life of elderly patients with 
      T2DM. RESULTS: The average score of T2DM quality of life was 61.14 (SD = 7.37), 
      quality of life was negatively correlated with sense of coherence (r=-0.344, 
      P<0.01) and positively correlated with caregiver competence (r = 0.522, P<0.01). 
      Furthermore, we found that age, disease duration, activities of daily living 
      scores, sense of coherence, and caregiver competence scores were the main 
      predictors of quality of life (R(2) = 0.375, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: This study 
      found that high levels of sense of coherence and caregiver competence in family 
      caregivers were associated with better quality of life for patients. Furthermore, 
      we also found that good quality of life was also related to younger age, shorter 
      disease duration, and less dependence. This study offers a feasible example for 
      policymakers to improve the quality of life from the perspective of T2DM 
      patients' family caregivers.
CI  - (c) 2024. The Author(s).
FAU - Zan, Haijing
AU  - Zan H
AD  - School of Nursing, Jinzhou Medical University, Linghe District Jinzhou City, 
      No.40,Section 3, Songpo Road, Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of 
      China.
FAU - Meng, Zhixing
AU  - Meng Z
AD  - School of Nursing, Jinzhou Medical University, Linghe District Jinzhou City, 
      No.40,Section 3, Songpo Road, Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of 
      China.
FAU - Li, Jing
AU  - Li J
AD  - School of Nursing, Jinzhou Medical University, Linghe District Jinzhou City, 
      No.40,Section 3, Songpo Road, Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of 
      China.
FAU - Zhang, Xinjian
AU  - Zhang X
AD  - School of Nursing, Jinzhou Medical University, Linghe District Jinzhou City, 
      No.40,Section 3, Songpo Road, Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of 
      China.
FAU - Liu, Tao
AU  - Liu T
AD  - School of Nursing, Jinzhou Medical University, Linghe District Jinzhou City, 
      No.40,Section 3, Songpo Road, Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of 
      China. 534575061@qq.com.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240221
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Public Health
JT  - BMC public health
JID - 100968562
SB  - IM
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Caregivers
MH  - Cost of Illness
MH  - Activities of Daily Living
MH  - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/therapy
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
PMC - PMC10880260
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Caregiver competence
OT  - Elderly
OT  - Family caregiver
OT  - Quality of life
OT  - Sense of coherence
OT  - Type 2 diabetes mellitus
COIS- The authors declare no competing interests.
EDAT- 2024/02/22 00:43
MHDA- 2024/02/23 06:43
PMCR- 2024/02/21
CRDT- 2024/02/21 23:35
PHST- 2023/08/30 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2024/01/29 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/02/23 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2024/02/22 00:43 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/02/21 23:35 [entrez]
PHST- 2024/02/21 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s12889-024-17917-z [pii]
AID - 17917 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s12889-024-17917-z [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Public Health. 2024 Feb 21;24(1):539. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-17917-z.