Practical Geriatrics ›› 2025, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (6): 606-610.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1003-9198.2025.06.015

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Analysis of health-related quality of life in elderly people with diabetes during and after COVID-19 pandemic in Nanjing

YANG Bin, YE Qing, DENG Tianrui, XU Yunting, XU Huiqing, AO Guofeng, TANG Wei, XU Fei   

  1. Department of Disease Control, Gulou District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210015, China(YANG Bin); Office of Public Health, Nanjing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210003, China (YE Qing, DENG Tianrui, XU Yunting, XU Huiqing, AO Guofeng, XU Fei); Department of Endocrinology, Geriatric Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210024, China (TANG Wei)
  • Received:2024-10-08 Online:2025-06-20 Published:2025-07-07
  • Contact: XU Fei, Email: frankxufei@163.com

Abstract: Objective To investigate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the elderly with diabetes during and after COVID-19 pandemic in Nanjing, China. Methods In 2021 (during COVID-19 pandemic) and 2023 (after COVID-19 pandemic), independent cross-sectional surveys were conducted in the elderly people in 4 districts in Nanjing, China. Short-Form 12 Health Survey (SF-12) was used to assess physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) of HRQoL. Multi-factor analysis of variance approach was applied to analyze the differences in PCS and MCS between the participants with diabetes and without diabetes, during COVID-19 pandemic and after COVID-19 pandemic. Results Among the total 19 031 participants, 17.7%(1 692/9 542) presented with diabetes in 2021, compared with 16.8% (1 590/9 489) in 2023. The PCS score during COVID-19 pandemic was significantly lower than that after the pandemic (51.74±7.71 vs 52.55±7.22), while MCS showed no significant difference(P>0.05).In people with normal blood glucose, PCS score was significantly higher after COVID-19 pandemic than that during the COVID-19 pandemic, MCS showed no significant differences whether in people with normal blood glucose or abnormal. Conclusions The PCS score in diabetic patients is lower than that in people with normal blood sugar whose HRQoL after COVID-19 pandemic increased significantly.

Key words: health-related quality of life, diabetes, aged, Short-Form 12 Health Survey

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