A quality of life for patients with diabetes

Więsyk Piotr, Krasa Aleksandra, Słaboń Małgorzata, Piecewicz-Szczęsna Halina. A quality of life for patients with diabetes. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2021;11(8):276-282. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2021.11.08.029

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Received: 02.08.2021. Revised: 15.08.2021. Accepted: 20.08.2021.

A quality of life for patients with diabetes

Piotr Więsyk¹, Aleksandra Krasa¹, Małgorzata Słaboń¹, Halina Piecewicz-Szczęsna²

¹ Students’ Scientific Association at Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research Methodology, Medical University of Lublin, ul. Radziwiłłowska 11, Lublin 20-080, Poland;
² Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research Methodology of the Medical University of Lublin, ul. Radziwiłłowska 11, Lublin 20-080, Poland

Corresponding author: Piotr Więsyk, piotrwiesyk@gmail.com

Piotr Więsyk
Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6785-6741
E-mail: piotrwiesyk@gmail.com

Aleksandra Krasa:
Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0733-202X
E-mail: aleksandra.krasa97@gmail.com

Małgorzata Słaboń:
Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1627-8878
E-mail: malgorzata.slabon@wp.pl

Dr n. med. Halina Piecewicz-Szczęsna
Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0573-7226
E-mail: halpiec@gmail.com

Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research Methodology of the Medical University of Lublin, ul. Radziwiłłowska 11, Lublin 20-080, Poland

Abstract

Introduction and purpose: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease caused by a chronic state of hyperglycemia, which results from a defect in the function or secretion of endogenous insulin. It is a disease that leads to serious complications such as blindness, lower limb amputation, ischemic heart disease or ischemic strokes.
Description of the state of knowledge: The World Health Organization has identified diabetes mellitus as a global epidemic. Between 1980 and 2014, the number of people with diabetes increased from 108 million to over 422. Between 2000 and 2016, more than 7 million deaths from diabetes were reported in 108 countries, but this is an under-number due to the fact that many patients are not diagnosed with diabetes. The prevalence of diabetes in recent years is also higher in low and middle income (LMIC) countries than in high income (HIC) countries. DM also places a significant financial burden on the healthcare budget. Despite relatively large investments in medical care, clinical trials and public health interventions do not reduce the rate of increase in incidence. In the United States, annual healthcare expenditure for people with diabetes is 2.3 times greater than for people without diabetes.
Summary: It is well known that diabetes significantly reduces patients' quality of life. It is influenced by both severe complications related to DM and adherence to strict medical recommendations. The low quality of life of diabetic patients contributes to depression, which is associated with not compliance with medical recommendations and increased mortality.

Key words: Diabetes; Mortality; Quality of life