Table 3.
Health-related quality of life scores: SF-36 by whole group and by gender before and 18 months after introduction of the new community model of care for people with Type 2 diabetes compared with other diabetic population groups (12).
| SF-36 domains | SF 36 scores (9) | Whole group | Males | Females |
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| n | 541 | 88 | 52 | 36 |
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| Baseline/followup | B F | B F | B F | |
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| Physical function | 67.7 | 75 versus 70 | 75 versus 78 | 73 versus 63 |
| P = .10 | P = .24 | P = .25 | ||
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| Role limitation physical | 56.8 | 75 versus 50 | 100 versus 75 | 50 versus 25 |
| P = .08 | P = .20 | P = .24 | ||
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| Role limitation mental | 75.6 | 88 versus 100 | 100 versus 100 | 67 versus 100 |
| P = .86 | P = .82 | P = .60 | ||
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| Social function | 82.0 | 89 versus 78 | 89 versus 78 | 78 versus 78 |
| P = .07 | P = .08 | P = .48 | ||
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| Mental health | 76.8 | 72 versus 70 | 75.4 versus 71.2 | 66.1 versus 67.7 |
| P = .18 | P = .02 | P = .46 | ||
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| Energy/vitality | 55.7 | 51 versus 49 | 54.1 versus 49.9 | 47.5 versus 47.4 |
| P = .21 | P = .09 | P = .97 | ||
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| Bodily pain | 68.5 | 70 versus 63.9 | 72.5 versus 67.4 | 67.3 versus 59.0 |
| P = .02 | P = .12 | P = .08 | ||
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| General health | 56.1 | 54.8 versus 51.7 | 55.8 versus 51.1 | 53.4 versus 52.6 |
| P = 0.13 | P = .09 | P = .80 | ||