IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wly/jocnur/v22y2013i1-2p80-88.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Factors related to quality of life for patients with type 2 diabetes with or without depressive symptoms – results from a community‐based study in China

Author

Listed:
  • Yu Liu
  • Manfred Maier
  • Yufang Hao
  • Yan Chen
  • Yuelan Qin
  • Ran Huo

Abstract

Aims and objectives To explore the factors related to quality of life for patients with type 2 diabetes with or without depressive symptoms in China. Background In patients with type 2 diabetes with or without depressive symptoms, different factors such as gender, social context or regional setting may affect their quality of life. Design This was a cross‐sectional study. Methods Of 791 registered patients with type 2 diabetes from four communities in Beijing, cluster sampling was used to recruit patients for participation. Self‐rating depression scale was used to screen for depressive symptoms; demographic and clinical data were collected, and quality of life and social support were assessed using appropriate tools. The factors associated with quality of life were tested using multivariate linear regression. Results The prevalence of depressive symptoms in 667 patients with diabetes was 44·2%. Quality of life of patients with depressive symptoms was worse than that of patients without depressive symptoms, and this was associated negatively with history of diabetic complications, usage of hypoglycaemic agents or insulin and self‐rating depression scale scores and positively with salary and subjective social support. Conclusions The factors related to quality of life for patients with or without depressive symptoms are different. For patients with depressive symptoms, better salary and subjective social support are associated positively with their quality of life, while the presence of diabetic complications, a higher score for depressive symptoms and need for hypoglycaemic agents or insulin are negatively associated with quality of life. Relevance to clinical practice It is suggested that the nurse should screen depression for patients with diabetes, especially for those with diabetic complications or low social support. This should be done in the community regularly in order to find diabetic patients with depression in time. In addition, the results can provide a reference to clinical nursing care for patients with diabetes in hospitals.

Suggested Citation

  • Yu Liu & Manfred Maier & Yufang Hao & Yan Chen & Yuelan Qin & Ran Huo, 2013. "Factors related to quality of life for patients with type 2 diabetes with or without depressive symptoms – results from a community‐based study in China," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 22(1-2), pages 80-88, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:22:y:2013:i:1-2:p:80-88
    DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12010
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12010
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/jocn.12010?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:22:y:2013:i:1-2:p:80-88. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://doi.org/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2702 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.