Jin Ook Chung1, Dong Hyeok Cho, Dong Jin Chung, Min Young Chung. 1. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, 8 Hak-Dong, Dong-Gu, Gwangju, 501-757, Republic of Korea.
Abstract
AIMS: This study aimed to determine whether Korean adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes before the age of 40 have a different perception of the impact of diabetes on their quality of life (QoL) compared with that of patients diagnosed at an older age. METHODS: A total of 236 patients were investigated in this cross-sectional study. The patients were classified into two groups based on their age at diagnosis: early type 2 diabetes (age at diagnosis <40 years) and typical type 2 diabetes (age at diagnosis ≥40 years). The QoL was assessed using the latest version of the audit of diabetes-dependent quality of life (ADDQoL). RESULTS: The average weighted impact (AWI) of diabetes on QoL was significantly lower in adults with early type 2 diabetes than those diagnosed later. Patients with early type 2 diabetes reported a greater negative impact of diabetes on specific life domains "close personal relationship," "sex life," "self-confidence," "motivation to achieve things," "feelings about the future," "freedom to eat," and "freedom to drink" than patients with typical type 2 diabetes. In multivariate analysis adjusted for demographic and medical variables, a diagnosis of diabetes before the age of 40 was significantly associated with a lower ADDQoL AWI score [OR 3.60 (95 % CI: 1.12-11.55), P < 0.05]. CONCLUSIONS: Younger age at type 2 diabetes diagnosis is significantly associated with a poor diabetes-related QoL.
AIMS: This study aimed to determine whether Korean adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes before the age of 40 have a different perception of the impact of diabetes on their quality of life (QoL) compared with that of patients diagnosed at an older age. METHODS: A total of 236 patients were investigated in this cross-sectional study. The patients were classified into two groups based on their age at diagnosis: early type 2 diabetes (age at diagnosis <40 years) and typical type 2 diabetes (age at diagnosis ≥40 years). The QoL was assessed using the latest version of the audit of diabetes-dependent quality of life (ADDQoL). RESULTS: The average weighted impact (AWI) of diabetes on QoL was significantly lower in adults with early type 2 diabetes than those diagnosed later. Patients with early type 2 diabetes reported a greater negative impact of diabetes on specific life domains "close personal relationship," "sex life," "self-confidence," "motivation to achieve things," "feelings about the future," "freedom to eat," and "freedom to drink" than patients with typical type 2 diabetes. In multivariate analysis adjusted for demographic and medical variables, a diagnosis of diabetes before the age of 40 was significantly associated with a lower ADDQoL AWI score [OR 3.60 (95 % CI: 1.12-11.55), P < 0.05]. CONCLUSIONS: Younger age at type 2 diabetes diagnosis is significantly associated with a poor diabetes-related QoL.
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