International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology | January 2020 | Vol 9 | Issue 1 Page 107 International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology Parashar A et al. Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol. 2020 Jan;9(1):107-112 http://www.ijbcp.com pISSN 2319-2003 | eISSN 2279-0780 Original Research Article Assessment of quality of life of type-2 diabetes mellitus patients in tertiary care teaching hospital in North India Aditya Parashar 1 *, K. K. Jha 2 , Arun Kumar 1 , Sheetal Singh Tomer 1 , Dharmendra Singh Yadav 1 , Haidar Imran 1 INTRODUCTION Diabetes mellitus is an endocrine system disorder that invokes lack of insulin secretion in the bloodstream. This results in the retention of a high amount of blood glucose levels. Insulin is a hormone responsible for the facilitated diffusion of glucose from the bloodstream to the cells. The cells use this glucose to generate energy for the body to perform its normal functions. The good levels of energy are also reflected in good quality of life (QoL). QoL is a standard reflecting a person‟s life in better condition as compared to a diseased person or patient. Diabetes itself is not a dangerous disease if treated properly according to the physician‟s advice but becomes life-threatening pertaining to over a period of time due to patient‟s poor interest towards disease management and treatment adherence. It starts eating the body after a threshold and makes the patient unable to work effectively. There are some organs that being affected do not work properly. Some of the vital organs being DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20195771 1 Department of Pharmacy Practice, 2 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Teethanker Mahaveer College of Pharmacy, Moradabad, Utter Pradesh, India Received: 06 October 2019 Revised: 12 December 2019 Accepted: 13 December 2019 *Correspondence: Dr. Aditya Parashar, Email: adityaparashar05@gmail.com Copyright: © the author(s), publisher and licensee Medip Academy. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ABSTRACT Background: Quality of life (QoL) is a standard indicating a person‟s life in better condition as compared to a diseased person or patient. Diabetes itself is not a dangerous disease if managed properly, but it becomes life- threatening after a certain time period because of the patient‟s poor interest in disease management and treatment adherence. Diabetes mellitus is an endocrine system disorder that invokes lack of insulin secretion in the bloodstream. The study was conducted to assess the QoL of type-2 diabetes mellitus patients with QoL instrument. Methods: Questionnaire based cross-sectional, prospective study was conducted at Teerthanker Mahaveer Hospital, Moradabad, for a duration of 6 months from January - June 2019, on 196 patients of type-2 diabetes mellitus. Results: On an average 56.5% people have accepted that due to the diabetic condition their working proficiency is decreased. 80.3% of patients have accepted that they were facing problems due to diabetic symptoms. Similarly, 84% of patients have accepted that the ongoing treatment was quite expensive than their expectations. Finally, the last section of the patient‟s emotional/mental satisfaction showed that 49.7% of patients were very satisfied with their family support while 13.7% of patients were not satisfied. Conclusions: QOL instrument for Indian diabetes patient‟s instrument helped to evaluate the patient‟s physical strength, psychological strength of the patient during disease condition, the response provided from the family members and relatives, the economical status of the patient and its effects on their living. Keywords: Quality of life, Patient counselling, Diabetes mellitus, Patient education