The study of relationship between painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy and functional status of older people in Kuantan

Makhtar, Aniawanis and Syed Elias, Sharifah Munirah and Aziz, Athirah (2019) The study of relationship between painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy and functional status of older people in Kuantan. In: The 4th International Conference on Global Health in conjunction with The 7th Asian International Conference on Humanized Health Care, 26th-28th September 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (PDPN) and functional status among older people in Kuantan, Pahang. Method: A cross sectional design was employed in this study. A total of 300 respondents were selected by convenience sampling method from Endocrine Clinics HTAA and selected clinics in Kuantan. The Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire 2 (SFMPQ2) was used to characterized and determine the severity of PDPN and Katz ADL Index was used to determine the activities of patient’s daily living. Data was analysed by using SPSS 20.0 version and Descriptive analysis such as mean, standard deviation (SD) and frequency were utilized to describe the characteristics of the respondents. The mean age of the respondents was 68 years old. Result: Spearmen Correlation was utilized to determine the relationship between painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy and functional status. Kruskal Wallis test and Mann Whitney test was conducted in finding the relationship between painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy and socio demographic and clinical characteristic. Conclusion: The result indicates that functional status not significantly associated with the pain. However, race, duration of diabetes mellitus and types of treatment were significantly contributed to pain.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	5377/82203
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Factors, pain, painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy, functional status
Subjects:	R Medicine > RT Nursing
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Nursing Kulliyyah of Nursing > Department of Special Care Nursing
Depositing User:	SHARIFAH MUNIRAH SYED ELIAS
Date Deposited:	19 Aug 2020 10:02
Last Modified:	21 Sep 2020 16:43
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/82203

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