Table 4.

Pairwise comparisons of the mean scores of HbA1C, Visual Acuity (VA), and total VRQoL with three subscales (VR, VM, VE) between the two groups at baseline and 16 weeks (N = 98)

Variables	Group	Baseline	16 weeks	Within Group (Bonferroni)
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean difference	SE	Sig.
HbA1C	Control	8.92 ± 2.004	8.81 ± 2.003	0.100	0.183	0.587
	Experimental	9.22 ± 2.130	7.92 ± 1.71	1.292,**	0.183	<0.001
VA	Control	0.108 ± 0.134	0.098 ± 0.135	0.010	0.019	0.587
	Experimental	0.083± 0.105	0.089 ± 0.133	-0.006	0.019	0.745
VR	Control	6.22 ± 6.273	5.33 ± 6.266	0.898	0.831	0.282
	Experimental	4.73 ± 4.974	2.57 ± 4.153	2.163*	0.831	0.011
VM	Control	6.00 ± 8.193	7.31 ± 8.583	-1.306	0.845	0.125
	Experimental	5.53 ± 6.465	2.82 ± 4.671	2.714*	0.845	0.002
VE	Control	2.96 ± 3.297	3.35 ± 4.635	-0.388	0.495	0.435
	Experimental	3.29 ± 4.397	2.47 ± 3.703	0.816	0.495	0.102
Total VRQoL	Control	15.18 ± 15.34	15.98 ± 16.71	-0.796	1.77	0.654
	Experimental	13.55 ± 14.61	7.86 ± 11.07	5.694*	1.77	0.002

Notes:

^**p <0.001,

^*p <0.05