fa مقایسه کیفیت زندگی در بیماران دیابتی نوع 2 با افراد غیردیابتی General پژوهشي Research Article Background and aim : Life quality is a criterion of social and physical function as well as mental health and is considered as one of the most important factors and characteristics of health. Life quality and blood sugar metabolism control are two important indexes in diabetes treatment. The present study was done to compare the quality of life in diabetic and non-diabetic patients.   Material and Methods : In this descriptive analytical study, 100 type 2 diabetics aged 20 yrs were selected through systematic randomized sampling out of the patients referring to Vali-e-Asr hospital clinic and their quality of life was compared with that of 100 non-diabetics (controls) who were matched with the cases regarding demographic variables by means of SF36 quality of life questionnaire .The obtained data was analysed by means of SPSS statistical software (version 15) and statistical tests c 2 , Mann-Whitney, and Kruskal-wallis at the significant level P Diabetes Mellitus,Type 2,Quality of Life,Questionnaires 24 31 http://mcj.bums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-555&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Alireza Saadatjoo سید علیرضا سعادتجو 10031947532846004236 10031947532846004236 No Instructor, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Member of Diabetes Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran عضو هیات علمی دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی و عضو مرکز تخقیقات دیابت دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند،ایران Mohammad Reza Rezvanee محمّدرضا رضوانی 10031947532846004237 10031947532846004237 No Assistant Professor , Faculty of Medicine, Member of Diabetes Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Science, Birjand, Iran استادیار گروه بیماری های داخلی، دانشکده پزشکی و عضو مرکز تخقیقات دیابت دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند،ایران Shahnaz Tabyee شهناز طبیعی 10031947532846004238 10031947532846004238 No nstructor, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Science, Birjand, Iran عضو هیات علمی دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند، ایران Davood Oudi داود عودی 10031947532846004239 10031947532846004239 Yes Instructor, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran. Email:davoodoudi@yahoo.com عضو هیات علمی دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند، ایران. تلفن: 0936563539 پست الکترونیک: davoodoudi@yahoo.com