Publication: The relationship between the waist-hip ratio and diabetes related distress with quality of life among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Hospital Pakar Universiti Sains Malaysia (HPUSM)
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2025-06
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Hammed, Siti Nursafiyah Abdul
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This study examined the relationship between waist-hip ratio and diabetes-related stress with quality of life among type 2 diabetes patients at the Hospital Pakar Universiti Sains Malaysia (HPUSM). This cross-sectional study was conducted among 191 patients aged 18 years and above. This study was conducted using two questionnaires from the Malay Diabetes Distress Scale 17 (MDDS-17) to measure diabetes-related distress among T2DM patients and the Revised Diabetes Quality of Life 13-items (RVDQoL-13). The findings of this study found that men had higher waist-hip ratio than women (p<0.001). There was also a significant association between diabetes-related stress and diabetes quality of life where moderate to severe distress was higher than minimal to no distress (p=0.02). However, no statistically significant relationship was found between diabetes-related stress, diabetes quality of life and between waist-hip ratio and diabetes quality of life. Future research must explore intervention studies to examine factors that influence quality of life among diabetes patients
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