Quality of Life of Diabetic Children in Public Diabetes Specialized Clinics, Khartoum State, Sudan

Background: Quality of life assessment can be a good baseline measures to determine the efficacy of health policies that are designed to reduce or eradicate the detrimental disease effect. Aim: This study aimed at assessing the different dimensions of quality of life in children with diabetes including physical, social, emotional and school function. Methods: The study was conducted in Khartoum state - Sudan using a cross sectional design. Data was obtained in 2018 at three outpatient diabetes clinics, using systematic random sampling with sample size of 138 diabetic children aged between 2-18 years, via structured interviews. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data and test the relationship between quality of life and other independent variables: demography ( age, gender, parents’ education, age, residency and occupation), type of diabetes, type of treatment, duration of illness, control of diabetes and insurance status. Results: The mean age of children was 11.1±3.64 years. Most of them were females 63%. More than half of participants were not covered by any insurance scheme. Those with diabetes reported personal and adverse social effects, poor control; HA1C more than 6.5% in 90% of participants. Mean generic quality of life was 80.03 ± 27 and 80.84 ± 28 p-value =0.73 for parents and children respectively. Conclusion: Diabetes adversely affects the quality of life of diabetic children which is influenced by history of hospitalization. Further studies on Diabetes quality of life are recommended.

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Comparison of Perceived Quality of Life Between Children with Lupus Nephritis and Their Parents

Journal of Health Science and Medical Research ◽

10.31584/jhsmr.201962 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Lasmauli Situmorang ◽

Ahmad Suryawan ◽

Ninik Asmaningsih Soemyarso

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Lupus Nephritis ◽

Social Functioning ◽

Treatment Phase ◽

Rank Test ◽

Induction Treatment ◽

P Value ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Parents And Children

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the score of quality of life between parents and children with lupus nephritis.Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from February to March 2017 in children with lupus nephritis aged 5-18 years old treated at the Department of Child Health Dr. Soetomo Surabaya Hospital. Quality of life was assessed from parents and children using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) 4.0 Generic Core questionnaires. Statistical analysis of Wilcoxon signed rank test and pair t-test were used with p-value<0.05 being significant.Results: A total of 30 children were included during the study period. Sixteen children were female with a mean age of 11.5 (standard deviation 2.7) years. The differences in score between parents and children were as follows: physical functioning (82.8 vs 87.5) p-value=0.140, emotional functioning (65.0 vs 72.5) p-value=0.173, social functioning (80.0 vs 95.0) p-value=0.016 and school functioning (67.5 vs 70.0) p-value=0.116. There were no differences according to onset of diagnosis and the only differences found were in social functioning based on the induction treatment phase. Children with complications showed significant differences in physical, emotional and social functioning (p-value=0.041, p-value=0.023, p-value=0.038 respectively).Conclusion: Parents and children with lupus nephritis showed different scores of quality of life in social functioning, and it is important to consider the daily life activities of children.

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Effect of Hemodialysis Adequacy on Quality of Life in Older adults with Chronic Kidney Disease

Indonesian Journal of Community Health Nursing ◽

10.20473/ijchn.v6i1.26660 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 28

Author(s):

Virgianti Nur Faridah ◽

Muhamad Syukri Ghozali ◽

Arifal Aris ◽

Siti Sholikhah ◽

Masunatul Ubudiyah

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Chronic Kidney Disease ◽

Kidney Disease ◽

Statistical Tests ◽

Life Assessment ◽

P Value ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Important Indicator ◽

Spearman Test

Introduction: Assessment of hemodialysis adequacy is an important indicator to assess the effectiveness of hemodialysis measures that can affect the patient's quality of life with chronic kidney disease. This study aims to determine the relationship between adequate hemodialysis and the quality of life of patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis therapy.Method: This type of research is a correlational study with a cross sectional approach. The population in this study were 86 elderly patients who underwent hemodialysis at the Muhammadiyah Lamongan Hospital. In this study, the independent variables were adequate hemodialysis and quality of life as the dependent variable. Measurement of hemodialysis adequacy was carried out using the URR formula, and the assessment of quality of life using the SF 36 questionnaire. Data analysis methods used the Spearman test using SPSS Ver. 16Result: The results of measurement of adequacy of 86 respondents, namely 13.9% achieved adequate and 86% did not achieve adequacy. The results of the quality of life assessment showed that 17.4% had a good quality of life and 82.5% had a poor quality of life. The results of statistical tests showed that there was a significant relationship between adequate hemodialysis and quality of life (p value = 0.000).Conclusion: The role of nurses is very important in improving the quality of care in achieving adequate adequacy so that it will improve the quality of life in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis therapy.

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Intervensi sport effectiveness terhadap kualitas hidup dan fungsi kardiovaskuler pada anak

Health Sciences and Pharmacy Journal ◽

10.32504/hspj.v4i1.219 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 15

Author(s):

Etik Pratiwi ◽

Giri Susilo Adi

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Cardiovascular Function ◽

P Value ◽

Design Data ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Sports Club ◽

Sports Programs ◽

The Relationship ◽

Special Region

Sports is the most important part of activities in children and can improve fitness for the children of respondents in this study are children who participate in sports programs in a sports club, especially swimming and running from the Special Region of Yogyakarta in February-March 2020. This study aims to determine the relationship between sport effectiveness activities with quality of life and cardiovascular function in children. The method used is quantitative with cross-sectional correlation description design. Data collection techniques namely by distributing questionnaires specifically quality of life and measuring cardiovascular function using the Vo2Max beep test. Data were collected using a purposive method, with a total number of respondents who followed were 76 children aged 5-14 years. The number of male children is 35 children (46,1%) and women is 41 children (53,9%). The results of this study indicate that there is a relationship between the intervention sport effectiveness with quality of life in children (p-value = 0,009), with cardiovascular function (p-value = 0,036). it was concluded that the more sports activities (sport effectiveness) can improve the quality of life of children which consists of emotional, social, physical and school functions and improve cardiovascular function.

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Hubungan Antara Lama Sakit dengan Kualitas Hidup Anak Penderita DMT1 Saat Pandemi Covid-19 di RSUD Soetomo Surabaya

Jurnal Ilmiah Universitas Batanghari Jambi ◽

10.33087/jiubj.v21i3.1694 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 1021

Author(s):

Kevin Almas Maromi ◽

Nur Rochmah ◽

Bambang Hermanto

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Analytical Description ◽

Test Method ◽

Life Assessment ◽

P Value ◽

Research Approach ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Validated Questionnaire

This study aims to determine the relationship between length of illness and quality of life of people with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research is an analytical description study with a cross-sectional research approach using a questionnaire with telephone interview techniques. The questionnaire in this study was based on several guidelines and previous research. Measurements using PedsQl 3.2 Diabetes Module. Data were collected using a validated questionnaire consisting of 33 question items. The data was collected during October 2020. A total of 33 questionnaires were successfully distributed to patients at the Children's Clinic of Dr. RSUD Dr. Soetomo Surabaya who participated in this research. The data were then analyzed by non-parametric test using the Spearman correlation test method using IBM SPSS Statistics 25. Based on the quality of life assessment using the PedsQL questionnaire, 17 respondents (51.6%) had a near-poor quality of life, and 16 respondents had a near-good quality of life. The most disturbed domain is related to worry, which is as many as 20 respondents (60.7%). Meanwhile, the proportion of respondents with the highest quality approaching good was found in treatment I as many as 19 respondents (57.6%). There was also a positive and significant correlation between related to the disease, P Value 0.007 < 0.05, related to treatment I, P Value 0.011 <0.05, related to anxiety, P value 0.009 < 0.05, and related to communication, P Value of 0.016 < 0.05. In addition, there was also a significant negative relationship with regard to treatment II, P Value 0.000 < 0.05.

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HUBUNGAN EFIKASI DIRI DENGAN KUALITAS HIDUP PASIEN GAGAL GINJAL KRONIK YANG MENJALANI HEMODIALISIS

Journal of Holistic Nursing Science ◽

10.31603/nursing.v5i2.2430 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 56-63

Author(s):

Abdul Wakhid ◽

Estri Linda Wijayanti ◽

Liyanovitasari Liyanovitasari

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Chronic Kidney Disease ◽

Kidney Disease ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Healing Process ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

P Value ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Kolmogorov Smirnov

Background: Self efficacy can optimize the quality of life of clients who undergo the healing process due to chronic diseases. Individuals with higher self-efficacy move their personal and social resources proactively to maintain and improve the quality and length of their lives so that they experience a better quality of life. Objectives: the purpose of this study was to find the correlation between self efficacy and quality of life of patients with chronic kidney disease who undergo hemodialysis at RSUD Semarang Regency. Metode: This type of research was descriptive correlation with cross sectional approach. The samples in this study more 76 people with total sampling technique. The data collection tool for self efficacy was measured by General Self-Efficacy scale, for quality of life with WHOQoL-BREF. Statistical test used Kolmogorov-smirnov. Result: The result showed that self efficacy in patients with chronic kidney disease was mostly in moderate category (53,9%), quality of life in patients with chronic kidney disease was mostly in good category (68,4%). There was a correlation between self efficacy and quality of life of patients with chronic kidney disease who undergo hemodialysis at RSUD Semarang Regency, the result obtained p-value of 0.000 <α (0,05). Suggestion: Patients with chronic kidney disease can maintain good quality of life by helping to generate positive self-esteem and high self efficacy.

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Self Management Menentukan Kualitas Hidup Pasien Diabetes Mellitus

Jurnal Endurance ◽

10.22216/jen.v4i2.4026 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 402

Author(s):

Iskim Luthfa ◽

Nurul Fadhilah

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Correlation Study ◽

Self Management ◽

Rank Test ◽

P Value ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Spearman Rank ◽

Consecutive Sampling

People with diabetes mellitus are at risk of developing complications, so that it affects the quality of life. These complications can be minimized through self-care management. This study aims to determine the relationship between self management with the quality of life for people with diabetes mellitus. This research is a kind of quantitative research with correlation study. This research used cross sectional design. The sampling technique uses non probability with estimation consecutive sampling. The number of respondents in this research are 118 respondents. Instrument for measuring self management used diabetes self management questionnaire (DSMQ), and instruments to measure quality of life used quality of life WHOQOL-BREEF. The data obtained were processed statistically by using spearman rank test formula and p value of 0,000 There is a significant relationship of self management with the quality of life of people with diabetes mellitus. Penderita Diabetes mellitus beresiko mengalami komplikasi yang dapat mempengaruhi kualitas hidupnya. Komplikasi tersebut dapat diminimalkan melalui manajemen perawatan diri (self management). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis hubungan self management dengan kualitas hidup pasien diabetes melitus. Jenis penelitian ini adalah deskriptif korelasi dengan desain cross sectional. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan non probability sampling dengan pendekatan consecutive sampling. Jumlah sampel sebanyak 118 responden. Instrumen penelitian untuk mengukur self management menggunakan diabetes self management questionnaire (DSMQ), dan instrumen untuk mengukur kualitas hidup menggunakan quality of life WHOQOL-BREEF. Analisis data menggunakan spearman rank dan didapatkan hasil nilai p value 0,000 dan r 0,394.Terdapat hubungan antara self management dengan kualitas hidup pasien diabetes mellitus dengan arah korelasi positif.

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Tinnitus: The Sound of Stress?

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health ◽

10.2174/1745017901814010264 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 264-269 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Patricia Ciminelli ◽

Sergio Machado ◽

Manoela Palmeira ◽

Mauro Giovanni Carta ◽

Sarah Cristina Beirith ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Progressive Increase ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

P Value ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Mean Values ◽

Subjective Tinnitus ◽

Stress Symptoms ◽

The Impact

Background: Emotional stress is frequently associated with otologic symptoms as tinnitus and dizziness. Stress can contribute to the beginning or worsening of tinnitus. Objective: The objective of the study is to evaluate the presence of stress symptoms in patients with chronic, subjective tinnitus, and correlate its presence to annoyance associated with tinnitus. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. One hundred and eighty patients with chronic, subjective tinnitus were included. Patients answered the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) to evaluate the impact of tinnitus in the quality of life and answered the Lipp's inventory symptoms of stress for adults (ISSL). The data obtained was organized using Excel® 2010, mean values, linear regression and p-value were calculated. Results: Of the 180 patients included in the study, 117 (65%) had stress symptoms, 52 of the 117 (44%) were in the resistance phase and 23 of the 117 (20%) in the exhaustion phase, the remaining was in the alert phase. There was a clear progressive increase in stress as THI raised, with more impact of tinnitus in quality of life. Conclusion: The presence of stress symptoms, measured by ISSL was observed in most of our patients with chronic subjective tinnitus, specially in the resistance and exhaustion phases and it is directly associated with tinnitus annoyance.

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Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction after Endodontic Treatment Performed in Three Hospitals in Jeddah, kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International ◽

10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i56b33932 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 84-96

Author(s):

Ragab Eid Saif Hassan ◽

Abdulrahman waseem hamid Alhamid ◽

Abdullah Abdlilwahid Abdullah Alshuaybi ◽

Abdulaziz Osama Asaad Hamadallah

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Saudi Arabia ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Endodontic Treatment ◽

Life Assessment ◽

Total Degree ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Related Quality ◽

High Level

Aims: To evaluate the quality of life of patients after endodontic treatment, and their satisfaction toward the endodontic treatment in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Methodology: A cross sectional study, was conducted on 300 patients who underwent endodontic treatment from 6 months to a week ago. The study was performed using a self-administered questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using statistical analysis software SPSS v.26. Results: In the OHRQoL items, the total degree of the oral health-related quality of life assessment was medium with (M = 2.72 out of 5, RII = 54.4%, SD = 0.67), the most affected was "Feeling an excruciating pain in the mouth" with (M = 3.37 out of 5, RII = 67.4%, SD = 0.77), while the least was " Feeling irritable with others because of the teeth or mouth" with (M = 2.32 out of 5, RII = 46.4%, SD = 1.35). The total degree of the personal satisfaction assessment was high with (M = 3.78 out of 5, RII = 75.6%, SD = 0.67). "Postoperative Pleasantness" was the most satisfied part with (M = 3.86 out of 5, RII = 77.3%, SD = 0.87). Conclusion: This study showed a moderate level of OHRQoL among patients after the endodontic treatment, and a high level of satisfaction among patients toward the endodontic treatment.

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Differences in the quality of life of chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

Journal of Public Health Research ◽

10.4081/jphr.2021.2209 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Ika Setyo Rini ◽

Titik Rahmayani ◽

Efris Kartika Sari ◽

Retno Lestari

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Chronic Kidney Disease ◽

Peritoneal Dialysis ◽

Kidney Disease ◽

Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis ◽

Life Quality ◽

P Value ◽

Minimal Amount ◽

Cross Sectional

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is defined as a progressive disease that causes renal failure and requires extended and long-term therapies. CKD patients need to choose one of these therapies to improve their quality of life. This study aims to investigate differences in the quality of life of chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).Design and Methods: The study design used is similar to the cross-sectional design. Therefore, in this study observations were carried out, a EQ_5D life quality questionnaire sheet was administered to respondents, and a purposive sampling method was used. The total number of respondents was 250 and consisted of 125 hemodialysis and CAPD patients each.Results: The results obtained using the Mann Whitney method was a p-value (0.515)> α (0.05). These results also included five components, namely the ability to move/walk to an acceptable degree, adequate self-care, performance of usual activities, minimal amount of pain/discomfort during hemodialysis and CAPD, and acceptable levels of anxiety/sadness.Conclusions: This research concludes that there is no difference in the quality of life between CKD patients undergoing hemodialysis and CAPD.

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THE IMPACT OF MEDICATION ADHERENCE ON HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE OF DIABETIC PATIENTS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA: FINDINGS FROM A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Periódico Tchê Química ◽

10.52571/ptq.v17.n34.2020.891_p34_pgs_867_873.pdf ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (34) ◽

pp. 867-873

Author(s):

Dhfer ALSHAYBAN ◽

Royes JOSEPH

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Medication Adherence ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

P Value ◽

Diabetic Patients ◽

Health State ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Related Quality ◽

The Impact

Diabetes is a common chronic disease that is considered as one of the fastest-growing health problems in the world. Adherence to medications could be an important factor in reducing these complications and improving the quality of life. The purpose of this research was to assess the impact of treatment adherence on health-related quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes. A multicenter cross-sectional study was carried out among 368 diabetes patients. General Medication Adherence Scale was used to assess the adherence level and EuroQol-5D to assess the quality of life. The results show that 19%, 21%, and 23% of patients had maintained low medication adherence due to patient’s intentional or unintentional behavior due to additional diseases or pills burden and due to financial constraints, respectively. Overall, 43% (n=162) participants had maintained high medication adherence, and 37% (n=138) had maintained low medication adherence to antidiabetic drugs. Nearly one-third (31%) of patients with high overall adherence had perfect health state in comparison with 4% among patients with low adherence. Further, the lower proportion (21%) of patients with high overall adherence had perfect health state in comparison with that among patients with low adherence (34%). In addition to the overall adherence, the association was statistically significant for the domains related to non-adherence due to the patient’s intentional or unintentional behavior (p-value 0.001) and non-adherence due to additional diseases or pills burden (p-value 0.001) after taking into account of socio-demographic and clinical characteristics. In conclusion, the findings suggest that the policymakers should establish an intervention to improve adherence to diabetic treatment, and thus improve the quality of life for the type 2 diabetic patients.

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