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Table 2 Comparison of QoL scores among female patients with diabetes and controls in Calabar (N = 156)

From: A case-control study of pattern and determinants of quality of life of patients with diabetes in a developing country

Variable

Case (n = 78)

Control (n = 78)

p value

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

General (non-domain) questions

 1 How would you rate your quality of life?

3.64 ± 0.87

3.94 ± 0.67

0.02*

 2 How satisfied are you with your health?

3.04 ± 1.04

3.72 ± 0.68

0.00*

Physical health domain

 3 How much physical pain prevents you from doing things?

3.47 ± 1.24

3.68 ± 0.80

0.22

 4 How much do you need medical treatment to function daily?

2.59 ± 0.92

3.85 ± 1.03

0.00*

 10 Do you have enough energy for everyday life?

3.22 ± 0.95

3.62 ± 0.87

0.01*

 15 How well are you able to go around?

3.35 ± 0.74

3.13 ± 1.06

0.14

 16 How satisfied are you with your sleep?

2.95 ± 1.01

3.82 ± 0.86

0.00*

 17 How satisfied are you with ability to perform daily activities?

3.36 ± 1.02

3.42 ± 0.59

0.63

 18 How satisfied are you with your capacity for work?

3.29 ± 0.87

3.37 ± 0.74

0.55

 Subtotal score for physical health

22.23 ± 5.04

24.88 ± 3.36

0.00*

Psychological health domain

 5 How much do you enjoy life?

2.49 ± 1.14

2.40 ± 0.81

0.57

 6 To what extent do you feel your life to be meaningful?

2.35 ± 0.82

2.44 ± 0.59

0.44

 7 How well are you able to concentrate?

2.82 ± 1.02

3.26 ± 0.87

0.01*

 11 Are you able to accept your bodily appearance?

3.62 ± 1.08

4.12 ± 0.82

0.00*

 19 How satisfied are you with yourself?

3.69 ± 0.74

3.96 ± 0.89

0.04*

 26 How often do you have negative feelings such as mood, despair, anxiety, and depression?

4.31 ± 0.71

3.21 ± 0.92

0.00*

 Subtotal score for psychological health

19.27 ± 1.46

19.37 ± 1.76

0.69

Social Relationship Domain

 20 How satisfied are you with your personal relationships?

3.47 ± 1.11

3.79 ± 0.95

0.05

 21 How satisfied are you with the support you get from friends?

2.78 ± 1.27

2.49 ± 1.13

0.13

 22 How satisfied are you with your sex life?

3.21 ± 1.11

3.64 ± 1.00

0.01*

 Subtotal score for social relationship

9.46 ± 2.62

9.92 ± 2.29

0.24

Environment domain

 8 How safe do you feel in your daily life?

3.22 ± 0.75

3.26 ± 0.55

0.72

 9 How healthy is your physical environment?

3.28 ± 0.70

4.09 ± 0.93

0.00*

 12 Have you enough money to meet your needs?

2.68 ± 0.71

3.05 ± 0.82

0.00*

 13 How available to you is the information that you need daily?

2.72 ± 0.88

2.38 ± 0.89

0.02*

 14 To what extent do you have the opportunity for leisure?

2.91 ± 0.74

2.00 ± 1.02

0.00*

 23 How satisfied are you with condition of your living space?

2.86 ± 0.99

2.87 ± 1.36

0.95

 24 How satisfied are you with your access to health?

3.14 ± 0.96

3.04 ± 1.05

0.53

 25 How satisfied are you with your transport?

3.00 ± 0.91

2.96 ± 0.97

0.04*

 Subtotal score for environment

23.81 ± 4.13

23.65 ± 4.50

0.82

 Domain-based total QoL score

74.77 ± 11.4

77.83 ± 10.1

0.08

  1. *Significant p value