The relationship between the waist-hip ratio and diabetes related distress with quality of life among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Hospital Pakar Universiti Sains Malaysia (HPUSM)

Hammed, Siti Nursafiyah Abdul (2025) The relationship between the waist-hip ratio and diabetes related distress with quality of life among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Hospital Pakar Universiti Sains Malaysia (HPUSM). Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

This study examined the relationship between waist-hip ratio and diabetes-related stress with quality of life among type 2 diabetes patients at the Hospital Pakar Universiti Sains Malaysia (HPUSM). This cross-sectional study was conducted among 191 patients aged 18 years and above. This study was conducted using two questionnaires from the Malay Diabetes Distress Scale 17 (MDDS-17) to measure diabetes-related distress among T2DM patients and the Revised Diabetes Quality of Life 13-items (RVDQoL-13). The findings of this study found that men had higher waist-hip ratio than women (p<0.001). There was also a significant association between diabetes-related stress and diabetes quality of life where moderate to severe distress was higher than minimal to no distress (p=0.02). However, no statistically significant relationship was found between diabetes-related stress, diabetes quality of life and between waist-hip ratio and diabetes quality of life. Future research must explore intervention studies to examine factors that influence quality of life among diabetes patients

Item Type: Monograph (Project Report)
Uncontrolled Keywords: type 2 diabetes mellitus
Subjects: R Medicine
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC648-665 Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
Divisions: Kampus Kesihatan (Health Campus) > Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan (School of Health Sciences) > Monograph
Depositing User: MUHAMMAD AKIF AIMAN AB SHUKOR
Date Deposited: 03 Feb 2026 23:46
Last Modified: 29 Mar 2026 04:39
URI: http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/63543

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