Saloumeh Ehsani Fatmeh Sari1, Bahman Akbari Govabari2
The main purpose of this study was to identify the difference between normal people and patients with type 2 diabetes in terms of the dimensions of family functioning and quality of life. Based on the available sampling method, a sample of 200 individuals which was collected in 1395 (100 normal women and 100 patients with type 2 diabetes), the research hypotheses were tested and the questionnaires were: Family functioning Scale and Quality of Life. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used to test the hypotheses and the results showed that there is a meaningful difference between normal people and patients with type 2 diabetes in terms of family functioning and quality of life. More precisely, people with type 2 diabetes have a weaker functioning than normal people, and their quality of life, as compared to normal people, shows an unpleasant situation.
