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Quality of Life and Compliance of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus who Receive Oral Hypoglycemic Agents versus Insulin Therapy

Sathya. S

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In Latin, the word diabetes means “flow through” and mellitus means “honey”, and clinically, it is characterized by the excess of blood sugar or glucose in blood and urine instead of getting converted into glycogen. Need for the study: The International Diabetes Federation 2007 stated that diabetes mellitus currently affects 246 million people worldwide and is expected to affect 380 million by 2025. “A comparative study was conducted to assess the quality of life and compliance among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who receive oral hypoglycemic agents versus insulin therapy at KMCH, Coimbatore.” The objective was to compare the quality of life (QOL) and compliance of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who receive oral hypoglycemic agents versus insulin therapy. Descriptive research design and non-probability convenient sampling technique were adopted for this study. Instruments consisted of demographic proforma, Ferrans and Powers Quality of Life Index–Diabetes Version III to assess QOL, and diabetes mellitus compliance assessment scale prepared by the investigator. Data were collected and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Discussion: The mean QOL–social and economic dimension score of respondents with oral hypoglycemic agents versus insulin therapy were 27.91 and 15.57, respectively. The results of this study revealed that respondents those who were on OHA had high QOL when compared to respondents with insulin therapy. The mean QOL–psychological/spiritual dimension of respondents with OHA versus insulin therapy were 27.61 and 15.61, respectively. This shows that the respondents with OHA have high QOL in psychological/spiritual dimension when compared to respondents with insulin therapy. The respondents who receive oral hypoglycemic agents have high QOL and compliance when compared to respondents who receive insulin therapy.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijmsn.v1i2.669

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