Study of Health-Related Quality of Life and Healthcare Utilization among Type 2 Diabetic Population in an Urban Area of Eastern Nepal

Table 4

Multiple linear regression analysis of significant factors associated with QOL and its domains.

QOL and its domain variables	Unstandardized coefficients	95% CI	value
Energy and mobility
Age	5.460	3.504–7.415	<0.001
Education	2.421	0.50–4.34	0.014
Current alcoholic	−2.78	−4.90−(−0.65)	0.011
Duration of diabetes in years	2.69	2.74–4.63	0.007
Comorbidity	2.58	0.57–4.60	0.012
Complication	5.937	3.62–8.25	<0.001
Hospital visit	4.70	1.143–8.25	0.010
ER visit	4.60	1.43–7.76	0.005
Constant	26.447
Diabetes control
Age	4.25	2.37–6.12	<0.001
Marital status	8.87	2.44–15.30	0.007
Current alcoholic	−2.60	−4.70–(−0.52)	0.014
Comorbidity	2.33	0.37–4.30	0.020
Complication	4.48	2.17–6.80	<0.001
Family history	1.60	−0.24–3.45	0.088
Hospital visit	6.96	3.36–10.55	<0.001
ER visit	4.36	1.20–7.52	0.007
Constant	27.919
Anxiety and worry
Age	4.24	1.76–6.71	0.001
Marital status	8.70	−0.37–(−17.74)	0.060
Current alcoholic	−3.65	−6.61–(−0.70)	0.016
BMI	−2.65	−5.12–(0.17)	0.036
Complication	5.18	2.01–8.35	0.001
Family history	3.66	1.11–6.21	0.005
ER visit	5.03	0.58–9.47	0.027
Constant	44.93
Social overload
Age	4.03	1.61–6.45	0.001
Education	2.86	0.43–5.30	0.021
Current alcoholic	−3.63	−5.33–(0.89)	0.006
Comorbidity	2.79	0.311–5.27	0.028
Complication	4.41	1.53–7.30	0.003
ER visit	5.64	1.66–9.63	0.006
Constant	35.84
Sexual behavior
Education	7.46	4.15–10.76	<0.001
Disease duration	2.86	−0.41–6.12	0.086
Comorbidity	5.65	2.37–8.92	0.001
Constant	24.276
Overall QOL
Age	3.97	2.21–5.72	<0.001
Marital status	7.02	1.22–12.82	0.018
Education	1.90	0.17–3.68	0.032
Current alcoholic	−2.115	−4.05–(-0.18)	0.032
BMI	−1.40	−3.03–0.23	0..092
Disease duration	1.84	0.09–3.60	0.039
Comorbidity	2.81	0.97–4.64	0.003
Complication	4.76	2.70–6.83	<0.001
ER visit	4.94	2.12–7.78	0.001
Constant	30.615