Abstract
Aims: This study aimed to examine the effects of health evaluation to Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in diabetic outpatients by using SF-36. Diabetics were compared with no disease people.
Methods: The Time Trade-Off method and the SF-36 questionnaire (Japanese ver. 1.2) were used. Eighty five outpatients with diabetics participated in this study after giving written informed consent. Then they were divided into three groups (diabetic-high health evaluation G., middle health evaluation G., and low health evaluation G.) by the range of time trade off value. Eighty four persons with no disease (no disease G.) also participated in this study.
Results: a) Mean scores of six subscales without role physical functioning and bodily pain were significantly lower in diabetic-low health evaluation G. in comparison with those in diabetic-high health evaluation G. (p<.05). b) Mean score of the general health subscale in diabetic-high health evaluation G. were significantly lower than those in no disease G. (p<.01), but mean scores of vitality and role emotional functioning health subscale in diabetic-high health evaluation G. were significantly higher than those in no disease G. (p<.05). c) Mean scores of seven subscales without bodily pain were significantly lower in diabetic-low health evaluation G. in comparison with those in no disease G. (p<.05).
Conclusions: These results show that it is clearly necessary to provide more supportive physical and mental care for diabetic-low health evaluation G. It is the next problem why mean scores in diabetic-high health evaluation G. were significantly higher than those in no disease G. on vitality and role emotional functioning health subscale of SF-36 (p<.05).
