Relationship between emotional distress and quality of life on type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Meranti island regency hospital

Abstract

Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM) always got treatment for a long time so that it can affect the emotional distress and the quality of life. This study aimed to find the relationship between emotional distress with quality of life. This study used cross sectional design. DDS was used to measure patients emotional distress. EQ-5D was used to measure patients quality of life. Subjects of this study were T2DM patients ICD X.E11 with aged over 18 years old. A total of 80 patients participated in the study. The result showed that the mean of score on emotional burden was 2.985±0.678, physician distress was 2.650±0.801, regiment distress was 3.222±0.75 and interpersonal distress was 2.529±0.859. The result of the analysis showed that there was relationship between employment and interpersonal distress with index and correlation showed weak negative (r-0.212, -0.306) and significant relationship (p<0.05). The relationship between education and VAS showed weak positive correlation (r0.334) and significant relationship (p<0.01). The relationship between employment and emotional burden with VAS showed weak negative correlation (r-0.215, -0.251) and significant relationship (p<0.01). Employment and education was factors that affected the quality of life. High emotional distress can degraded the quality of life.