Poor Health-Related Quality of Life Associated with Diabetic Patients on Anticonvulsant Medication: A Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition
Received Date: Nov 30, 2023 / Accepted Date: Dec 26, 2023 / Published Date: Jan 02, 2024
Abstract
This study evaluates the potential to improve the quality of life for diabetic patients with comorbidities that warrant adjunctive anticonvulsant medication treatment. It explores the extent to which differences in person-level characteristics contribute to poor health related quality of life (HRQoL), and the gap in HRQoL in optimally treated diabetic neuropathy patients.
It employs a retrospective cohort design utilizing data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) to estimate HRQol in patients with diabetes mellitus. It applies the mental component scores (mcs) and the physical component scores (pcs) from the 12 item Short Form Survey (SF12) questionnaire to estimate differences in patient overall health and quality of life among diabetics on anticonvulsant medication. A Blinder Oaxaca regression decomposition analysis performed from post linear regression quantified how much of the difference between mcs and pcs scores are explained by patient characteristics such as age, gender, race, employment, and other chronic conditions among diabetic patients on anticonvulsant medication in comparison to the general diabetic patient population.
The results reveal that ceteris paribus, diabetic patients on anticonvulsant therapy were more likely to have lower pcs and mcs scores (β=−5.24; P<0.001, β=−3.151; P<0.01) respectively, demonstrating an overall lower HRQoL. About 80% of the difference in pcs scores were unexplained by observed patient characteristics and may be intrinsic to disease complication or gaps in treatment. The study shows how modifiable and non-modifiable patient characteristics explain health status differences, and how addressing patient needs depends on implementing robust treatment and intervention policies both within and beyond the healthcare sector.
Citation: Ochigbo EBB (2024) Poor Health-Related Quality of Life Associated withDiabetic Patients on Anticonvulsant Medication: A Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition.J Clin Diabetes 8: 210.
Copyright: © 2024 Ochigbo EBB. This is an open-access article distributed underthe terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricteduse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author andsource are credited.
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