A Comparative Quality of Life Assessment of Herbal Drugs with Allopathic Drugs for the Treatment of Diabetic Complications

Abstract

Herbs help in healing and treating the root cause of the ailment by rejuvenating the system in protecting from chronic diseases like Diabetes thus helping in leading a better quality of life, hence this study is aimed at comparing the quality of life assessment of patients taking herbal medicine and allopathic medicine using generic and disease specific tools [SF-36-V2-Short form health survey and QOLID (Quality of life of Indian Diabetic Patients)]which helped in iden-tifying the influence of various life domains in diabetic patients and a better understanding of the treatment goal of herbs in diabetes. Significant difference in the outcomes scores in between treatment groups, indicate that herbal treatment is far better in terms of quality of life of specific domains VT (Vitality), BP (Bodily Pain), MH (Mental Health), GH (General Health) and PF (Physical Functioning) compared to the allopathic treatment.