Investigation of job stress effect on life quality of patients with type 2 diabetes and healthy subjects referred to Larestan health centers in 2015

yaghoub ashena¹ hassan atashpanjeh² aboutaleb zahedi³ nabiallah karimi⁴

1) MD, Larestan School of Medical Sciences, Larestan, Iran
2) MD, Larestan School of Medical Sciences, Larestan, Iran
3) M.A. degree in HSE Management, Larestan School of medical Science, Larestan, Iran
4) MD, Larestan School of Medical Sciences, Larestan, Iran

IOI Code : XAKK-CGEZF
Publication : International Conference on Applied Research in Management and Industrial Engineering (mieconf.com)
Abstract :
    Background and Purpose: One of the most stressful factors of our society is job; a diabetic patient is more vulnerable against these stressful factors rather than ordinary people. The aim of this study is to investigate the stress effect on life quality of patients with type 2 diabetes and healthy subjects referred to health centers in Larestan city. Materials and methods: This study is a descriptive-analytic cross-sectional study that was conducted as a case-control study. The statistic population included 124 patients with type 2 diabetes whose information have been registered in the health records in urban and rural health care centers in Larestan, and a healthy person was selected systematic randomly for comparison with each patient in terms of similarity of age, gender and occupational status. Standard job stress questionnaire of England Health and Safety Executive institute was used to collect information related to job stress, and the related information about the life quality was prepared by quality of life questionnaire called SF-36, and then the data was analyzed using SPSS v. 21 software and independent t-tests and chi-square analysis. Results of quantitative and qualitative variables were reported as mean ± standard deviation and number (%), respectively. Independent two-sample t-test was used to compare mean of job stress and quality of life parameters in subjects with type 2 diabetes and healthy one. Results: The results showed that the mean and standard deviation of the life quality was 19.20 ± 57.42 and 15.62 ±69.02 in diabetic and healthy subjects, respectively, which is significant (P <0.001). The scores of all aspects of patients’ life quality was significantly lower than healthy subjects (P <0. 01). There was difference between these two groups in all aspects of job stress questionnaires, such as: role, communication, managerial support, peer support, control, demand and changes. There is a difference between diabetic and healthy subjects in the frequency of stressful factors. Also, there is a difference between diabetic and healthy subjects in severity of stressful factors. The severity of stressful factors is more in people with diabetes than in healthy people. Conclusion These findings revealed that job stress influences on all aspects of life in diabetic patients. So, required control measures seems necessary in order to improve the quality of life and reduce stress in these patients which can be prevented by using strategies to protect and enhance the awareness of employers and managers in better planning to reduce work environment stress factors, the long-term effects of job stress on diabetic people which are increasing in society according to their social needs

Keywords : diabetes quality of life job stress sf 36