Key result
Physical functioning, bodily pain, general health, and vitality scores negatively correlate with physical health in diabetes.
Why the study?
Patients with diabetes mellitus have a lower quality of life, but direct and indirect effects of SF-36 domains on physical and mental health have rarely been studied.
Cross-Sectional (n=1,037)
In patients with diabetes, physical functioning, bodily pain, general health, and vitality directly impact overall physical health, suggesting interventions should target physical activity and pain reduction to improve quality of life.
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May support monitoring physical domains in diabetes; leaves open causal effects for prospective trials.
Background and aims: Diabetes mellitus (DM) patients have a lower quality of life. This study aimed to examine the direct and indirect effect of eight domains score of the SF-36 questionnaire on two main factors, i.e., overall physical health (GH_M) and overall mental health (MH_M), in DM patients. To the best of our knowledge, this issue has been rarely studied so far. Material and method: A total of 1037 DM patients filled out the Persian version of the SF-36 questionnaire. The path analysis was used in this study. Results: In this research, only social functioning (SF) domain has significantly lower the men compared to women (P=0.06). Physical functioning (PF), bodily pain (BP), general health (GH) and vitality (VT) have a negative significant direct effect on the GH_M factor. GH domain also has a positive indirect and total effect on MH_M factor, and other domains have no significant total effect on MH_M factor. Conclusion: It is better that physicians, focus on regulating physical activity and reducing body pain in diabetes patients, which have the most direct impact on HRQoL, to achieve a more effective outcome in improving quality of life in this patient.
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Dehesh et al. (2019) conducted a cross-sectional in Diabetes mellitus (n=1,037). SF-36 domains (physical functioning, bodily pain, general health, vitality) was evaluated on Overall physical health (GH_M) and overall mental health (MH_M). Physical functioning, bodily pain, general health, and vitality scores had a significant negative direct effect on overall physical health in patients with diabetes mellitus.
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