| خلاصه مقاله | Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the mental
health status and life quality of women with type II diabetes in
Tabriz City, during the period 2015-2016.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. The research
population included all women aged 18-45 with type 2 diabetes
who had referred to Tabriz diabetes centers in the second half
of 2015. The sample size of the population included 300 people
who were selected based on the cluster sampling method and
met the research inclusion criteria. The research instrument
was a demographic questionnaire, the general health questionnaire
(GHQ-28), and the health survey questionnaire of Weir and
Sherburne SF-36. To analyze the data, the descriptive statistics
of dispersion and central indices (the mean and the standard
deviation), chart drawing, frequency tables, and binomial nonparametric
tests were utilized using SPSS software, version 20.
Results: According to the research results, 58% of the women with
type 2 diabetes had mental disorders. The binomial test results
indicated that the level of mental health in women with type 2
diabetes was significantly lower than the average level (p = 0.001).
The results also showed that 6% of the women with type 2 diabetes
had severe physical symptoms. The score was 9% for anxiety, 2% for
the social function, and 1% for depression. In addition, the mean
of the life quality components was 57.30 for physical functioning
with the standard deviation of 26.39, it was 57.58 for the physical
role with the standard deviation of 39.58, it was 57.54 for emotional
role playing with the standard deviation of 42.02, it was 56 for
vitality with the standard deviation of 23.98, it was 60.29 for mental
health with the standard deviation of 23.47, it was 63.97 for the
social function with the standard deviation of 23.16, it was 56.1l for
the physical pain with the standard deviation of 25.58, and it was
16/53 for general health with the standard deviation of 96/13.
Conclusion: Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects patients’
psychological health. Hence, it is recommended that the status
of the patients’ psychological health be considered in diabetes
treatment programs.
Keywords: Diabetes, mental health, quality of life; |