Some Factors Affecting Quality of Life in Patients with Diabetes: a systematic Review

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is considered as the most common disease caused by metabolic disorders. It is a syndrome of impaired production and insulin function. Regarding the chronicity of diabetes and its complications, it causes a lot of material burden on the patient and a decrease in the quality of life in them. Also, planning to increase the health of these patients requires studying on the barriers to their quality of life. Therefore, this systematic review was conducted to determine some factors affecting quality of Life in patients with diabetes. Materials and Methods: The present study is a systematic review study They searched for articles in search engines, Magi ran, Google Scholar, Embassy, Science direct, Google Scholar, and Pub Med in Persian and English. Using the published articles in the last 20 years, it was about factors influencing the quality of life of patients with diabetes. In the first stage, 33 articles were found. Of these, 10 articles related to the topic that were published in the last 20 years were reviewed. Results: Several studies have been conducted on the quality of life of diabetic patients. One of the studies studied in this study was a study aimed at determining the effect of self-management education on the quality of life of type II diabetic patients. And showed that the two groups were homogeneous in terms of demographic variables. The mean score of life quality before intervention was not significantly different between the two groups. But after the intervention, the mean score of quality of life between the two groups was significant. Conclusion: It can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between some health-related quality of life scales and blood glucose profiles and higher quality of life may be associated with better control of blood glucose in diabetics. Also, according to the results of some studies, we can say the low quality of life in the majority of diabetic elderly and the role of complications of diabetes in its development; the results of this study show a high need for care in the elderly. And emphasize the role of care in improving the health of diabetic elderly people.

Keywords: Quality of Life, Diabetes, Diabetic Patients, Effective Factors, Risk Factor