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dc.contributor.advisorΚοντοδημόπουλος, Νικόλαος
dc.contributor.authorΚόντος, Ιωάννης
dc.contributor.otherKontos, Ioannis
dc.coverage.spatialΚύπροςel_GR
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-28
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-29T06:43:41Z
dc.date.available2014-08-29T06:43:41Z
dc.date.copyright2014-07
dc.date.issued2014-08-29
dc.identifier.otherΔΜΥ/2014/00230el_GR
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11128/1699
dc.descriptionΠεριέχει βιβλιογραφικές παραπομπές.el_GR
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dc.format.extentvii, 49 σ. 30 εκ.el_GR
dc.languagegrel_GR
dc.language.isogrel_GR
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessel_GR
dc.subjectΙκανοποίηση ασθενώνel_GR
dc.subjectPatients satisfactionel_GR
dc.titleΜελέτη της σχετιζόμενης με την υγεία ποιότητας ζωής και της ικανοποίησης απο την θεράπεια ασθενών που πάσχουν απο Σακχαρώδη Διαβήτη τύπου 2el_GR
dc.typeΜεταπτυχιακή Διατριβήel_GR
dc.description.translatedabstractBackground: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease, widely spread in the developed world, which, according to the World Health Organization, tends to be classified as an epidemic. Diabetes mellitus type 2 constitutes approximately 90-95% of all cases of diabetes with a prevalence of almost 8.6% of the world population. It is a disease that, while initially may appear without any symptoms, may cause serious and irreversible complications since the time of the diagnosis. Many times, the signs and the symptoms of the complications themselves betray the existence of the disease. Aim: The purpose of this research is to study the, health-related, quality of life of patients who suffer from diabetes mellitus type 2 and their treatment satisfaction. An additional aim is to investigate any effects from a number of demographic, anthropometric and socioeconomic factors in the perceptions of diabetic patients for health and illness. A better understanding of the opinions and beliefs of diabetic patients about health and disease will help us to develop programs for the prevention and treatment of diabetes with a purpose of early detection of the disease and in order to deal with any complications. Methods: Regarding the sample under investigation, 130 patients with type 2 diabetes were studied, 54.6% men and 45.4% women, with a mean age of 64.6 years, that are followed up in an outpatient clinic of a hospital in Western Attica and in a Health Center of the same region. For the purposes of the investigation, patients were invited, voluntarily and anonymously, to fill in three instruments for measuring quality of life, consisting of two general questionnaires, the EQ-5D and SF-36, and a specific questionnaire for diabetes treatment satisfaction, DTSQ. In addition, the patients were asked to provide information about their past medical history in order to use it in the statistical analysis of the results. The analysis includes descriptive statistics, correlations of the questionnaires with demographic and clinical variables and a study of correlations between the measuring instruments. Results: According to the research results and after the statistical analysis of the data, it is indicated that younger men, diabetic patients, married, patients with the highest level of education, with glycosylated hemoglobin less than 7, without complications, with the shorter duration of disease and treated only with tablets are those that present the greatest scores on certain dimensions of the questionnaires SF-36 and EQ-5D thus expressing a better level of quality of life. Regarding treatment satisfaction, pensioners who receive antidiabetic tablets and have showed no complications of the disease appear more satisfied with the treatment of diabetes, registering the highest scores in the questionnaire DTSQ. Contrary, the BMI does not seem to be a statistically significant factor affecting quality of life of the sample nor treatment satisfaction. Finally, the research showed a strong positive correlation between the measuring instruments of health-related quality of life, SF-36 and EQ-5D, while the correlations between these indicators and the questionnaire of treatment satisfaction, DTSQ, were weaker. Conclusion: Health-related quality of life of diabetic patients and treatment satisfaction are influenced and dependent on a series of demographic, clinical and socioeconomic variables such as sex, age, professional status, educational level, glycosylated hemoglobin, the presence of disease complications and the use of injectable drugs. These factors should be studied during the development of preventive programs and health education for diabetes in order to control them, which will result in reducing the incidence of the disease and dealing with its complicationsel_GR
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