Yogesh Gautam|Alok Sharma|AK Agarwal|M K Bhatnagar|Roochika Ranjan Trehan
A cross-sectional study of QOL of diabetic patients at tertiary care hospitals in Delhi
according estimates india global capital diabetes 2025 accounting 572 million diabetics worsening situation fact diabetes affects economically productive agegroup 4565 years developing countriesto measure quality life qol study clinical profiles associated sociodemographic factors affecting diabetic patients aged 20 years abovewe conducted hospitalbased crosssectional study using generic instrument shortform 36 sf36 medical outcome study group measure qol diabetic subjects aged 20 years two hundred sixty diabetics including 91 males 169 females selected clinics ssk hospital dr rml hospital new delhi data analysed using spss windows version 12the mean age respondents 497 years 80 respondents agegroup 4069 years majority 521 female respondents illiterate 911 economically dependent male respondents 659 skilled workers substance abuse present among 418 male subjects type 2 diabetes commonest 946 subjects form mean duration diabetes 696 608 years oral hypoglycemic agents taken 7077 respondents among diabetics common comorbidity hypertension 308 commonest complication neuropathy 262 calculated body mass index bmi subjects found 462 male 598 female respondents either overweight obese predicted waisthip ratio whr 538 male 669 female respondents high risk chd regular physical activity undertaken less half subjects 465 eight domains qol sf36 two affected general health vitality overall males higher qol scores found statistically significant p 00001 sf36 eight domain scores significant association socioeconomic status education habitual physical activitydiabetes adverse effect qol study subjects females significantly poorer qol males domains affected general health vitality poor scores qol domains significantly associated lower socioeconomic status lesser education lesser habitual physical activity