Diabetes Mellitus and quality of life: Results of Yazd Health Study

Background Aim: Today, quality of life has attracted more attention and there is a relationship between disease and quality of life. This study was conducted to evaluate the quality of life in diabetics and nondiabetics and other demographic variables related to the quality of life of individuals. Methods Materials: This crosssectional study was carried out on a random sample of 7533 subjects, using the Health Survey data in Yazd. For assessing the quality of life, SF8 questionnaire was used. Data were analyzed by using, ttest and linear regression model in SPSS19. #xA0; Results: There were, significantly different between quality of life in diabetics and nondiabetics individual, and this relationship can be generalized to the subscales of quality of life(P lt;0.001). #xA0; It has shown that becoming old, being female and being single were associated with decreasing quality of life, and increasing the level of education and having assurance had a significant role in improving the quality of life(p lt;0.05). Conclusion: Since diabetic patient had lower quality of life than nondiabetics. It is suggested, to promote the quality of life of patients, health authorities should plan the solutions for supporting and promoting patients with diabetes` health.