Physicians’ Perspectives on Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health Aspects of People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Owiss Alzahrani,1– 3 John P Fletcher,1,2 Kerry Hitos1,2 1Westmead Research Centre for Evaluation of Surgical Outcomes, Department of Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 2The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Westmead Clinical School, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 3Depar...
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| description | Owiss Alzahrani,1– 3 John P Fletcher,1,2 Kerry Hitos1,2 1Westmead Research Centre for Evaluation of Surgical Outcomes, Department of Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 2The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Westmead Clinical School, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 3Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Owiss Alzahrani, Email oalz3957@uni.sydney.edu.auAim: To explore the physicians’ knowledge, awareness, and perspectives on HRQoL and mental health aspects of people with T2DM in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Methods: A cross-sectional survey study was conducted over a three-month period (October to December 2022) on 54 physicians. Physicians were requested to respond to a 12-item researcher-designed, self-administered survey questionnaire that explored their perspectives regarding the importance of their patients’ general, physical, and mental health aspects using the 12-item Short Form Health Survey Version 2 (SF-12v2).Results: Overall, 85.2% of physicians were male, with almost two-thirds (64.8%) practising in one medical and more than two-thirds (35%.2%) in the surgical specialties. Most physicians (57.4%) were consultants, which was also reflected in both subgroup specialties (54.3% versus 63.2%, respectively). The majority of physicians (83.3%) asked their patients about their general health; however, only 18.5% responded positively to questions about emotional problems. There was a low positive response to questions relating to the emotional component, such as feeling “calm and peaceful” (38.9%) and “feeling a lot of energy” (35.2%). This was even lower (25.9%) for questions related to mental health.Conclusion: Our study is a “call for action” for future well-designed, multidimensional, and multisectoral research studies that will help broaden knowledge about the magnitude of the current problem. This may improve overall general, physical, and mental health by enhancing patient level of care, adherence to health care plans, and reducing long-term complications.Keywords: type 2 diabetes mellitus, health-related quality of life, mental health, physicians, perspectives, awareness |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4e5a751b331e49c9bef23dfa69f21b5f2024-11-17T17:17:49ZengDove Medical PressDiabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity1178-70072024-11-01Volume 174287429797344Physicians’ Perspectives on Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health Aspects of People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study in Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaAlzahrani OFletcher JPHitos KOwiss Alzahrani,1– 3 John P Fletcher,1,2 Kerry Hitos1,2 1Westmead Research Centre for Evaluation of Surgical Outcomes, Department of Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 2The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Westmead Clinical School, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 3Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Owiss Alzahrani, Email oalz3957@uni.sydney.edu.auAim: To explore the physicians’ knowledge, awareness, and perspectives on HRQoL and mental health aspects of people with T2DM in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Methods: A cross-sectional survey study was conducted over a three-month period (October to December 2022) on 54 physicians. Physicians were requested to respond to a 12-item researcher-designed, self-administered survey questionnaire that explored their perspectives regarding the importance of their patients’ general, physical, and mental health aspects using the 12-item Short Form Health Survey Version 2 (SF-12v2).Results: Overall, 85.2% of physicians were male, with almost two-thirds (64.8%) practising in one medical and more than two-thirds (35%.2%) in the surgical specialties. Most physicians (57.4%) were consultants, which was also reflected in both subgroup specialties (54.3% versus 63.2%, respectively). The majority of physicians (83.3%) asked their patients about their general health; however, only 18.5% responded positively to questions about emotional problems. There was a low positive response to questions relating to the emotional component, such as feeling “calm and peaceful” (38.9%) and “feeling a lot of energy” (35.2%). This was even lower (25.9%) for questions related to mental health.Conclusion: Our study is a “call for action” for future well-designed, multidimensional, and multisectoral research studies that will help broaden knowledge about the magnitude of the current problem. This may improve overall general, physical, and mental health by enhancing patient level of care, adherence to health care plans, and reducing long-term complications.Keywords: type 2 diabetes mellitus, health-related quality of life, mental health, physicians, perspectives, awarenesshttps://www.dovepress.com/physicians-perspectives-on-health-related-quality-of-life-and-mental-h-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-DMSOtype 2 diabetes mellitushealth-related quality of lifemental healthphysiciansperspectivesawareness. |
| spellingShingle | Alzahrani O Fletcher JP Hitos K Physicians’ Perspectives on Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health Aspects of People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity type 2 diabetes mellitus health-related quality of life mental health physicians perspectives awareness. |
| title | Physicians’ Perspectives on Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health Aspects of People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | Physicians’ Perspectives on Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health Aspects of People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| title_fullStr | Physicians’ Perspectives on Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health Aspects of People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physicians’ Perspectives on Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health Aspects of People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| title_short | Physicians’ Perspectives on Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health Aspects of People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | physicians rsquo perspectives on health related quality of life and mental health aspects of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus a cross sectional study in jeddah saudi arabia |
| topic | type 2 diabetes mellitus health-related quality of life mental health physicians perspectives awareness. |
| url | https://www.dovepress.com/physicians-perspectives-on-health-related-quality-of-life-and-mental-h-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-DMSO |
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