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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2020.18.8.281

Gender difference in Quality of Life Among Workers with Diabetes Mellitus  

Jang, Eunhee (Department of Nursing, Incheon Catholic University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.18, no.8, 2020 , pp. 281-291 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study identifies the factors influencing Quality of Life (QoL) in both male and female workers with diabetes mellitus and examines the differences between them. Using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) for 2010-2017, 1693 workers (1082 males; 611 females), aged 19 or over, with diabetes mellitus were enrolled in the study. Data were analyzed by complex sample linear regression using SPSS/WIN 23.0. The factors influencing QoL differed between males and females. The common factors included household income, education, job, stress, disease duration, and disease complications. The additional factors in males included working style, and, in females included age, marital status, drinking habits, and the treatment and control of the disease. Males had a higher QoL than females in all the sub-factors. Patients with diabetes mellitus require gender-specific intervention and governmental and social policies that can support it must be developed.
Keywords
Diabetes mellitus; Workers; Quality of life; Gender difference; Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey;
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