Abstract:
This study aims to discover the concept of quality of life of individuals with Type 1
Diabetes Mellitus and how they come to form this concept. A structured questionnaire,
the Diabetes 39, was administered to thirty men and women, aged 18 years old and
onwards who were clinically diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. The questionnaire
covered 7 domains: Diabetes Control, Social Burden, Sexual Functioning, Energy and
Mobility; Anxiety and Worry, Severity of Diabetes and Quality of Life. Four respondents
were chosen to participate in in-depth interviews. Frequencies, cross-tabulations, and
Pearson product moment correlations were done for the quantitative part of the study and
analysis was done for the respondents' interviews. Results revealed that majority of ‘he
respondents had rated their quality of iife as average. The domains of Diabetes control,
Social Burden, and Energy and Mobility somewhat affected their perception of their
quality of life while the domain of Anxiety and Worry negatively affected their quality of
life the most. This study concludes that individuals with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus have
different perceptions of their quality of life and of the different factors that affect this
quality of life.
