Assessing health-related quality of life of people with diabetes in Nigeria using the EQ-5D-5L: a cross-sectional study

Assessing the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of people with diabetes is important to evaluate treatment effectiveness and identify interventions that would be beneficial to the patients. This descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to assess the HRQoL of people with diabetes visiting 15 comm...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Scientific reports 2023-12, Vol.13 (1), p.22536-22536, Article 22536
Hauptverfasser:	Jackson, Idongesit Linus, Isah, Abdulmuminu, Arikpo, Abam Onen
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	692/699/317 692/700/784 Adult Cross-Sectional Studies Depression - psychology Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus - therapy Female Health Status Humanities and Social Sciences Humans Male Middle Aged multidisciplinary Nigeria - epidemiology Pain Quality of life Quality of Life - psychology Science Science (multidisciplinary) Surveys and Questionnaires
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Zusammenfassung:	Assessing the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of people with diabetes is important to evaluate treatment effectiveness and identify interventions that would be beneficial to the patients. This descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to assess the HRQoL of people with diabetes visiting 15 community pharmacies in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, and to identify its determinants. The English (Nigeria) version of the EQ-5D-5L was administered to 420 eligible patients between August and September 2021. Data were analyzed with SPSS (IBM version 25.0) and presented descriptively; differences in HRQoL scores were examined using inferential statistics. Statistical significance was set at p
ISSN:	2045-2322 2045-2322
DOI:	10.1038/s41598-023-49322-8