Menopoz dönemindeki diyabetik kadınlarda yaşanılan semptomların yaşam kalitesi parametreleri üzerindeki etkisinin incelenmesi (Prospektif Tek Grup Çalışma)

Aim: This research was carried out to determine the effect of common symptoms experienced by diabetic women entering menopause on quality of life parameters. Material and Methods: The sample of the study, which was carried out as a prospective single-group study, consisted of 106 female patients between the ages of 50-70 who were diagnosed with diabetes and were in the climacteric period. ‘Demographic questionnaire form’, ‘Diabetes past history form’ and ‘UTİAN quality of life Scale’ were used for data collection. Results: It was determined that 52.8% of the diabetic women in the climacteric period were 45-60 years old , 43.4% were over 60 years old, and most of them (70.8%) received primary school or less education. The diabetes diagnosis period of the patients (71.1%) varies between 6-20 years. It was determined that 45.3% of the women participating in the study experienced at least one of the chronic complications of diabetes. Among women, the quality of life of those who are single, highly educated, who do not experience dyspareunia and incontinence, and those who use Oral Antidiabetic (OAD) as a diabetes treatment is significantly higher than other women. (p<0,05). There was no found significant relationship between the total number of symptoms experienced by the patients, scale total and sub-dimension scores, duration of diabetes, HgA1c values, fasting and postprandial blood glucose values (p>0,05). contain common symptoms, this situation negatively affects the lives of women. It is very important to use effective nursing approaches such as education, counseling, and follow-up in improving the quality of life of the patients by correctly identifying the symptoms that occur with menopause in diabetic female patients.