Quality of life of Person with Diabetes and Hypertension, Maetha hospital Lampang province.

Abstract

The purpose of this cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational study was to describe of demographic factors that related to Quality of Life (QOL) in person with diabetes and hypertension. A nonprobability sample of 245 participants with diabetes and hypertension was recruited from the outpatient clinic of Maetha hospital, Lamphang province hospital located in northtern Thailand. All participants were individually interviewed by the principal investigator in a private area within an outpatient clinic. The WHOQL BREF-THAI was utilized as measurement. By using a multiple regression analysis, only one variable was significantly correlated with QOL in persons with diabetes and hypertension. It was age (p < 0.05); whereas gender, marital status, duration of illness, blood pressure level, body mass index, blood sugar level were not significantly correlated with QOL in persons with diabetes and hypertension. According to the results from the analyses, mean of QOL identified as moderate level was 74.5 %, environmental 82.8 % and mental 77.4 % provisionally regarded as good level, social relationships in a poor 11.5%.