Abstract
The aim of this study was to compare the impact of type 2 diabetes on quality of life (QoL), taking into account gender differences in relation to individual domains of Diabetes-Related Quality of Life Audit (ADDQoL) in adult women and men from Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.Material and methodsThe participants were 608 patients from three countries, of whom 278 were women and 330 men with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The tool used in the study was the Audit of Diabetes-Dependent Quality of Life (ADDQoL).ResultsThe overall average QoL was slightly higher in men than in women. In ADDQoL scores, mean weighted impact scores were negative for all of the domains. The domain which was the most affected by type 2 diabetes in both men and women from all three countries was the "freedom to eat"; while the "living conditions" domain was the least affected. Diabetes had a slightly negative average weighted impact on most men and women - AWI<-3.0.Except for the different AWI scores in men with type 2 diabetes depending on their education, neither women nor men revealed any significant changes in terms of the impact of education, residence, marital status, smoking, hypertension, or taking anti-hypertensive drugs. ConclusionsType 2 diabetes mellitus negatively affects all the domains of life, in both women and men in all three countries; however, this impact is inconsiderable. The participants assess their quality of life as good and very good.
Gender Differences in Self-esteem and Quality of Life Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
