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    Health Related Quality of Life among Diabetes Patients with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain in Zewditu Memorial Hospital and St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical Collage Addis Ababa: A Facility Based Comparative Cross-sectional Study, 2017
    (Addis Ababa Universty, 2017-11) Degu, Hiwot; Belachew, Ayele (Dr. )
    Background Diabetic polyneuropathy is one of the commonest long-term complications of diabetes. The pain of diabetic peripheral neuropathy could affect the day to day activities of patients and could be troublesome to them. This study required to examine the influence of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain on the health related quality of life of type II diabetes patients in our study settings. Objectives: To describe the health related quality of life among type II diabetes patients suffering from diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain in two hospitals (Zewditu Memorial Hospital and St. Paulo Hospital Millennium Medical Collage) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2017 G.C Methods: Facility based comparative cross sectional study was conducted among sample of 220 type II diabetes patients with and without Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain, who are under the follow up care in Zewditu Memorial Hospital and St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical Collage Addis Ababa. SF-36 questionnaire was used to collect data on health related quality of life. IBM SPSS statistics version 2015 software was used to analysis, mean score, mean score differences, multivariate analysis of variances and correlation score. Results: The study subjects with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain have lower health related quality of life (in all eight domains and two components summary report of SF 36) comparing to those group without Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain. The mean score difference in all the eight dimensions and both Physical and Mental Health Summary scores of the SF-36 was statistically significant with p-value 0.000 Conclusion: The presence or absence of diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain was found to influence health related quality of life mean score among type II diabetes patients. The domains that were more influenced among SF 36 health related quality of life are role of functioning and emotion. We recommend health care providers to give due attention to painful peripheral neuropathy associated quality of life in diabetic patients.