Dara Abdulla Qadir Al-Banna Primary Author mixed material bibliography Erbl Hawler Medcal niversity 2013 en English

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The disabling effects of diabetes mellitus are multi-factorial, which can result in the high prevalence of long term complications. This study aims to assess disability levels of diabetic patients and its association with socio-demographic and clinical characteristic. Quantitative design descriptive study was conducted in Leila Qasim Center for Diabetes Care in Erbil City in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq from February 2012 to February 2013. Non-probability purposive sample of 400 diabetic patients for more than 5 years was selected. Questionnaire was designed and divided into three parts; the first part include sociodemographic characteristics of diabetic patients, the second part contain the clinical data, and the third part was composed of the standardized questionnaire which developed by World Health Organization for disability assessment with some modification, that include cognitive, mobility, self-care, getting along with people, life activities, and participation domains. The questionnaire contains 36 items using 5 Likert scale. Correlation coefficient and t-test was conducted for obtaining the reliability of the study and the content validity was determined through 15 experts. The study results show that the mean age was 52.4 years, majority of the samples were female, illiterate, married, working at home and from urban area. All domains were affected by diabetes with effect ranging from mild to moderate. The study concluded that there was a significant relationship between levels of disability and sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of age, gender, education, marital status, occupation, duration of diabetes, retinopathy, neuropathy and cardiovascular diseases. Residential area, nephropathy and diabetic foot disorders were in no significant relationship with levels of disability. Moreover, more than half of the samples were in a moderate level of disability while one-fourth of them were in mild level of disability. The evidence from this study shows that diabetes mellitus causes disability. The study recommends preparation of educational programs to be implemented for diabetic patients about diabetes complications and their prevention. NONE Hawler Medical University Open Source Library Management System 07504488180 DISABILITY ASSESSMENT OF DIABETIC PATIENTS IN ERBIL CITY Disability.jpeg.jpeg 2 2026-08-18 05:11:48 2026-08-18 05:20:50 machine generated