Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the quality of life of patients with peripheral diabetic neuropathy pain (PDNP) in Hospital Tegku Ampaun Afzan (HTAA), Kuantan, Malaysia.Methods: Ninety (90) participants were selected from the Medical Outpatient Department (MOPD) clinic of HTAA. The study adopted a cross-sectional design, and the self-administered Douleur Neuropathy 4 (DN4) and Audit of Diabetes-Dependent Quality of Life (ADDQoL) questionnaires were used for data collection.Results: The negative impact of diabetes on QoL was clearly reflected in the fact that every domain had a negative mean value. Overall, 27.8 % of the participants reported that DM negatively affected their QoL and 37.8 % expressed the opinion that their QoL would have been higher if they were not diabetic. QoL correlated with marital status and age, with married participants and participants in the age range 50 - 59 years old showing QoL negatively affected (p < 0.05) by DM with PDNP. Apart from diabetes type, all other characteristics significantly affected participants QoL as reflected by the various related domains (p < 0.05).Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, it seems that individuals with diabetes and PDNP have a low QoL, with regard to “freedom to eat”, “freedom to drink”, “physical health”, “family life”, and “living condition”.Keywords: Quality of life, Diabetes, Peripheral neuropathy pain
Highlights
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the diseases with greater impact on public health, because of its high prevalence, but, above all, by the consequences of the chronic complications arising from this disease [1]
An essential outcome of diabetes care, quality of life (QoL) is measured via the Audit of DiabetesDependent Quality of Life (ADDQoL) tool, which aims to determine how patients perceive that their QoL has been affected by diabetes [6]
Knowledge about the QoL of individuals suffering from peripheral diabetic neuropathy pain (PDNP) is lacking, even though this aspect is clearly highly important
Summary
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the diseases with greater impact on public health, because of its high prevalence, but, above all, by the consequences of the chronic complications arising from this disease [1]. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the manner in which people perceive their life condition within the cultural and value systems that they are living in and in relation to their aims, expectations, standards and worries is referred to as quality of life (QoL) [5]. An essential outcome of diabetes care, QoL is measured via the Audit of DiabetesDependent Quality of Life (ADDQoL) tool, which aims to determine how patients perceive that their QoL has been affected by diabetes [6]. The relevant practitioners may assess how severe the disease is and how far along it advanced, but an incompatibility may occur between their perspective on patients’ QoL and patients’ perception of their QoL [8]. The present study seeks to assess the QoL of PDNP patients
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