Document Details
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Thesis |
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“DIETARY HABITS AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE AMONG SAUDI ADULT TYPE II DIABETICS IN JEDDAH” "العادات الغذائية وجودة الحياة لدى المرضى البالغين السعوديين المصابين بداء السكري من النوع الثاني في جدة" |
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Subject |
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Faculty of Home Economics |
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Arabic |
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Objective: To evaluate the dietary habits and Quality of Life (QoL) in a sample of Saudi adult patients (male and female) with T2DM in Jeddah.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was applied on 200 adult patients with T2DM: 100 male and 100 female, aged between 30-65 years randomly selected to determine the QoL and dietary habits from the department of internal medicine in King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH). Patients were adult Saudi nationality suffer from T2DM for at least a year. Data obtained included questionnaires (Audit of Diabetes Dependent QoL (ADDQoL), Personal Diabetes Questionnaire (PDQ)), as well as anthropometric measurement includes (weight, height, Body Mass Index BMI) and blood pressure with laboratory investigation includes glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c).
Results: Most of the study participants (73.5%) were up to 50 years old, (56%) obese and (31%) overweight, (45.5%) had fair level of (HbA1c between 8.1 -11%) and (50%) were suffered from high blood pressure (hypertension) and (40.5%) pre- hypertension. We found that (25.5%) of them had bad QoL, (18%) had very bad QoL and (52.5%) had extremely bad QoL level. Female patients with T2DM who had very bad or extremely bad QoL were more than male patients. There were a very strong positive correlation between QoL and: sex, BMI, diet knowledge and skills, diet barriers P=0.003**, P= 0.034*, P=0.003** and P= 0.000**, respectively. Also, (42.5%) of study participants who had bad, very bad and extremely bad QoL control their blood glucose by diet and medication, (80.0%) were not following a diet plan to control their blood glucose, (77.0%) were not following a plan to reduce their body weight .
Conclusion: The results showed that diabetes mellitus affected the QoL of patients. Age, obesity, blood glucose control, blood pressure, weight control, diet change readiness, the knowledge and skills, dietary habits and complications of T2DM could be considered as risk factors for QoL of patients.
Key words: Type II diabetes mellitus, Dietary habits, Personal diabetes questionnaire, Quality of Life (QoL). |
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Prof. Amani Aliwi Alrasheedi |
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Thesis Type |
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Master Thesis |
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Publishing Year |
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1439 AH
2018 AD |
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Thursday, June 7, 2018 |
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Researchers
| سجا أحمد العميري | Al-omairi, Saja Ahmed | Researcher | Master | |
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