Background: The Geriatric population is more prone to diabetes. Quality of life is measured as physical and social functioning and perceived physical and mental well-being. People with diabetes may have a low level of quality of life than people with no chronic illness.

Methodology: A Crossectional study was conducted among the elderly(more than 60 years) living in municipal limits of urban Kanpur from January 2019 to December 2019. A total of 210 subjects were included in the study.

Results: The prevalence of Diabetes was found to be 20.47%.The overall score was highest(43.54±7.61)) in the Psychological domain and least in the Physical domain(39.67±8.31) of QOL.

Conclusion: The difference in overall scores was found to be significant (p-value <0.05) in the overall, physical and environmental domain. Relationship between the presence of diabetes and  family history, alcohol consumption, physical exercise and family history of Diabetes (p-value < 0.05) is found to be significant.

Keywords: Urban Geriatric health, Diabetes Mellitus,Quality Of Life, WHO QOL BREF.

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Dr Saurabh Tripathi

Resident, Department of Community Medicine, G.S.V.M Medical College Kanpur