Research Article

Impact of Hypoglycemia on Health-Related Quality of Life among Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study in Thailand

Table 5

Factors associated with health-related quality of life measured by EQ-5D-3L index and EQ-VAS scores from multivariate regression analyses.

VariablesAdjusted mean difference (95% CI) of EQ-5D-3L index score valueAdjusted mean difference (95% CI) of EQ-5D-3L VAS score value

Hypoglycemia
 NoneReference<0.001Reference0.013
 Mild-0.156 (-0.225, -0.087)-2.92 (-5.61, -0.23)
 Moderate-0.096 (-0.183, -0.008)-3.17 (-6.59, -0.25)
 Severe/very severe-0.198 (-0.373, -0.023)-7.89 (-14.71, -1.07)
years-0.057 (-0.118, 0.003)0.064-0.32 (-2.63, 1.99)0.784
Male0.108 (0.054, 0.161)<0.0011.48 (-0.57, 3.53)0.156
Vascular complication-0.020 (-0.046, 0.087)0.547-2.24 (-4.77, 0.29)0.082
Treatment
 SU aloneReference0.049Reference0.127
 SU+MET-0.067 (-0.133, 0.000)1.97 (-0.56, 4.51)
Weight change
 NoneReference0.003Reference0.809
 Gain-0.116 (-0.189, -0.042)0.83 (-2.05, 3.71)
 Loss-0.119 (-0.190, -0.048)0.88 (-1.92, 3.67)
Adherence to medication-0.018 (-0.071, 0.034)0.490-0.45 (-2.49, 1.60)0.668
Worry about hypoglycemia/unit score (0 to 4)-0.059 (-0.103, -0.015)0.009-3.14 (-4.83, -1.46)<0.001
Fear of weight gain/unit score (0 to 4)-0.070 (-0.099, -0.041)<0.001-0.73 (-1.85, 0.39)0.203
Overall satisfaction/unit score (0 to 100)0.0016 (-0.0008, 0.0039)0.1840.103 (0.014, 0.193)0.024

Variables included in multivariate regression analyses. Wald test, . † indicates statistical significance at .