Key result
Unqualified house temperature linked to ~4.8-fold higher odds of poor quality of life in T2DM.
Why the study?
Diabetes mellitus affects quality of life, and physical environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, lighting, noise, and PM2,5 may influence this relationship.
Does the physical environment affect the quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus?
Case-Control (n=138)
No
Does the physical environment affect the quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus?
Unqualified house temperature and noise are significantly associated with poor quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Hypothesis-generating for home environment effects on QoL in T2DM; prospective studies needed before clinical adoption.
Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease with a high mortality rate and can affect a person's quality of life. One of the factors determining the quality of life is the physical environment, such as temperature, humidity, lighting, noise, and PM2,5. Objective: To determine the relationship between the physical environment and the quality of life of type 2 DM patients at the Barombong Community Health Center, Makassar City. Materials and Methods: This research uses a study design case-control with purposive sampling. Interviews were conducted with the WHOQol questionnaire and measuring the physical environment in 138 patients with type 2 diabetes then analyzed with the odd ratio test and logistic regression on the Stata application. Results: The results obtained showed a non-significant relationship for the variables humidity, lighting and PM2,5 on the quality of life of type 2 DM patients due to value-p > 0.05 while the variables related to the quality of life of type 2 DM patients are house temperature (OR=4.833; 95% CI: 2.121-11.481) and noise (OR=4.723; 95% CI: 2.075-10.895) with a probability of type 2 DM with unqualified temperature and noise having a poor quality of life of 73.9%. Conclusion: The most significant factor that affects the quality of life of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus is their home temperature.
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Haerani et al. (2023) conducted a case-control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (n=138). Unqualified house temperature vs. Eligible house temperature was evaluated on Poor quality of life (OR 4.833, 95% CI 2.121-11.481, p=0.000). Unqualified house temperature significantly increased the odds of poor quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (OR 4.833).
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