Quality of life of elderly with diabetes mellitus under the responsibility of Tambol Phet Charoen health promoting hospital, Phet Charoen sub-district, Muang Loei district, Loei province

Abstract

A cross-sectional study aimed to examine the quality of life and factors related to the quality of life of the elderly with diabetes mellitus in Tambol Phet Charoen health promoting hospital, Muang Loei District, Loei province. Participants were 110 elderly people and selected by simple random sampling. Data were collected by questionnaires and analyzed by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics with Chi-square test and Fisher's exact test. The results indicated that most participants were female (63.6%). The average income per month was less than 1,000 baht (60.0%) and Income was not enough to pay (73.6%). The overall and each domain of quality of life, such as physical, psychological, social relationship, environmental, the overall of social support, emotional response, recognized and appreciated, financial aid, labor and service, and participation domains were moderate levels. However, the information assistance and the acceptance as part of society domains were high. The factors related to quality of life of the elderly with diabetes mellitus were the sufficiency of income ( p = 0.001), gender (p = 0.016), the average income per month (p = 0.033), overall of social support (p < 0.001) and social support domains such as participation and acceptance as part of society domain (p < 0.001), labor and service domain (p < 0.001), information assistance domain (p = 0.001) and recognized and appreciated domain (p = 0.006)