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KMID : 1035720220230020051
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Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education
2022 Volume.23 No. 2 p.51 ~ p.64
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Factors Related to Diabetic Patients’ Quality of Life: The 8th Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination (1st Year, 2019)
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Woo Sang-Jun
Kim Eun-A
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study aims to examine diabetic patients’ quality of life by using the data of the 8th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1st year, 2019), identify the factors related to this, and utilize the results as basic data for intervention that can improve diabetic patients’ quality of life.
Methods: For the research subjects, this study extracted 624 patients who were diagnosed with Diabetes by a doctor from the total sample of 8,110 participants of the 8th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The SPSS(version25.0) program was used for the analysis of the collected data. Then, this study used a backward elimination multiple regression analysis method that applied complex sample, to examine the factors related with the finally estimated quality of life.
Results: The results of this study revealed that diabetic patients’ quality of life was related with gender, age, occupation, restriction of activity, subjected health status. The final model explained 35.7% of the variance (Wald F=28.210, p<.001).
Conclusions: In order to improve the quality of life of diabetic patients, it would be desirable to provide differentiated management by developing a customized intervention strategy that takes into account gender, age, and occupation. When managing diabetic patients, the state, local governments, and hospitals should include content that prevents and copes with restrictions on activities that may occur due to disease. In addition, it is required to prepare a strategy to induce positive perception of the subject's own health status.
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KEYWORD
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Diabetes, Quality of life, The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
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