Type of diabetes mellitus and health-related quality of life in Nigeria: Ethnic and sex differences. Issue 6 (1st November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: David, Onyekachi Prince; Edgar, Graham; Catherwood, Dianne; Taiwo, Abigail Olubola
• Is Part Of: Journal of psychology in Africa. Volume 30:Issue 6(2020)
• Page Start: 529
• Page End: 534
• Publication Date: 2020-11-01
• Subjects: diabetic mellitus -- ethnicity -- Nigeria -- quality of life -- sex; Psychology -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Latin America -- Periodicals; Black people -- Latin America -- Psychology -- Periodicals; Black people -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Psychology -- Periodicals; 155.8496
• DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2020.1842518
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-0237

Abstract

Abstract : This study examined quality of life (QoL) differences among diabetic patients in Nigeria by ethnicity, sex, and type of diabetes. Out-patients (n = 486) with diabetes mellitus (Type I = 16%; female = 71%; Igbo = 25% Hausa = 22%, Yoruba = 32%, other = 21%; mean age = 43.3 years, SD = 11.5 years) completed the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQoL) questionnaire. A 4x2x2 (Ethnicity x Sex x Diabetes Type) analysis of variance showed no significant interactions but all main effects were significant. By sex, males had higher QoL scores compared to females with both Type II and Type I diabetes. The analysis by ethnicity showed that the Yoruba ethnic group reported the highest QoL followed by the Igbo and Hausa groups (which do not differ significantly from each other), with lowest QoL scores for other ethnic groups. Interventions for diabetes control should consider ethnic, sex, and diabetes type differences to optimise the QoL outcomes.