• Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2022

    Health-Related Quality of Life Using EQ-5D-3L Utility Score Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients: Experiences from Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia.

    • Hiluf Kalayou Haftu, Damen Hailemariam, Berhan Tassew, Zenawi Hagos Gufue, and Woldu Aberhe.
    • Department of Curative and Rehabilitative Services, Health Care Reforms, Tigray Regional Health Bureau, Tigray, Ethiopia.
    • Patient Prefer Adher. 2022 Jan 1; 16: 314331553143-3155.

    PurposeTo assess the health-related quality of life and associated factors among type 2 diabetic patients in Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northern Ethiopia, 2019.Patients And MethodsA hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 415 type 2 diabetic patients coming to receive their routine outpatient follow-up service during the study period, from January 1, 2019, to March 31, 2019, in Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northern Ethiopia. The EQ-5D-3L instrument was used to assess the patients' self-reported health status and a multivariable ordinal logistic regression model was used to determine the independent factors associated with the health-related quality of life and P-value <0.05 was used to declare statistical significance.ResultsThe total mean quality of life score was 0.73 ± 0.23 with the total quality-adjusted life year of 2172.60 per life years and an average of 7.4 years of follow-up with type 2 diabetic treatments. Quality of life of type 2 diabetic patients with level two and three anxious patients were 77% and almost three times more likely to be affected than level one anxious patients (AOR = 1.77; 95% CI 1.23-1.86) and (AOR = 2.74; 95% CI 1.24-2.84) respectively. Older age, occupational status, lower monthly income, long waiting time, and presence of diabetic complications were significantly associated with impaired health-related quality of life.ConclusionThe results of this study revealed a relatively low health status among type 2 diabetic patients. Quality of life of type 2 diabetic patients was mostly affected in the anxiety and depression component. It could be worthwhile if hospitals assign psychiatric professionals for the regular and effective counseling of diabetic patients.© 2022 Kalayou Haftu et al.

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