Factors affecting quality of life of persons with type 2 diabetes outcome treatment at tra vinh university hospital

The study aimed to determine the factors affecting the quality of life of patients with type 2 diabetes treated as outpatients at Tra Vinh University Hospital in 2021. The crosssectional study includes data from over 200 people with type 2 diabetes who are being treated as outpatients at Tra Vinh University Hospital. The study used direct interviews to collect data. The study managed and analyzed data using SPSS 20.0 software and the Kruskal Wallis and MannWhitney test to identify factors affecting the life quality of patients with type 2 diabetes. Theresults show that the overall quality of life score of diabetic patients is 62.10 ± 7.31, equivalent to the average quality of life of patients with diabetes. The results also show that the average quality of life score for participants are connected with factors including age groups, occupation, duration of disease, other comorbidities, and complications in patients. This difference is statistically significant with p < 0.001, p = 0.001,p = 0.039, p = 0.007, p = 0.008, respectively. In addition, the study did not find any difference in the mean quality of life scores by gender, education level, marital status, health insurance, household economy, people living with, BMI, glycemic index, and treatment methods.