Keywords
diabetes mellitus
health status
welfare
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Abstract
Objective: To describe the quality of life perceived by adults with type 2 diabetes diseasehealth institutions belonging to the first level of care. Methodology: Descriptive,cross-sectional study; with a sample of 287 patients who met the inclusion criteriaand agreed to participate in the study by verbal expression of informed consent. DiabetesQuestionnaire Quality of Life to find out the quality of life of diabetic patients,by assessing subscales satisfaction with treatment, impact of treatment, social andvocational effects of future effects was used for data collection disease and overallwellness. Results: Of type 2 diabetic patients who participated in the study, 62.3%have a quality of life media, regarding perceived health status, 46.7% considered tohave a state of good health. The ratio of the average scores on each of the subscales,the most affected is the impact of treatment with a direct scoring average of 41.1 andthe least affected is the concern for the future effects of the disease, 9.9. Conclusion:The study shows that the 287 type 2 diabetic patients perceive the quality of life isnot affected greatly by the presence of the disease.The journal Investigación en Enfermería: Imagen y Desarrollo is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
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