Volume 24, Issue 106, November - December, 2020

The Quality of life in patients with diabetic retinopathy – Madinah, 2019

Amal M Surrati^1♦, Badr O Alahmadi², Razan A Alawaz³, Rana O Alrehaili³

¹Assistant professor, Family and community medicine department, College of medicine, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia
²Vitreoretinal surgery consultant, Ministry of health, Saudi Arabia
³Medical intern., College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Amal M Surrati Phone number: +966503334890 Email: dr-aamaal@hotmail.com

ABSTRACT

Background: Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is the most microvascular complication that affects the retina and cause disability among diabetic patients. Aim and objectives: The aim of the study was to determine the Quality of Life (QoL) among patients with DR and to investigate the association of participant’s sociodemographic factors and diseased related factors with QoL. Methods: A crosssectional study was carried out among diabetic patients using a (RetDQoL) questionnaire to assess QoL in patients with DR, all patients aged≥ 18 years of both sex with either type 1 or type 2 DM with DR who were attended the ophthalmology outpatient clinic at Ohud hospital during May-August 2019 were included. Result: Majority of the patients were male 55.6%. The average ages of the participants were 56.86 years old. P value showed significant relationships between QoL and gender, place of residence, education, smoking, employment, periodic eye examination, believing that DM can affect the eyes. Conclusions: In general, diabetic retinopathy is a major microvascular complication related to DM. Therefore, the high percentage of blindness due to DR can be prevented by early screening and proper treatment. Finally, the result of our study concluded that the quality of life among diabetic retinopathy patients in the accepted.

Keywords: Quality of Life; Diabetic Retinopathy; RetDQoL questionnaire.

Medical Science, 2020, 24(106), 3945-3952

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