Table 3.

Health-related quality of life of the patients with beta-thalassemia major and their caregivers according to the Short Form-36 (SF-36) score

	Patients with Beta-Thalassemia Major	Caregivers	P
Physical functioning	66.53 ± 14.66	79.52 ± 16.50	0.0001*
Role-physical	52.84 ± 33.56	53.57 ± 37.79	0.972**
Bodily pain	78.73 ± 23.48	74.57 ± 28.28	0.595**
General health	50.12 ± 18.10	58.23 ± 17.90	0.007*
Vitality	55.45 ± 16.03	50.87 ± 15.46	0.081*
Social functioning	84.65 ± 15.71	80.95 ± 17.22	0.160**
Role-emotional	41.28 ± 41.36	45.50 ± 42.88	0.528**
Mental health	59.77 ± 15.32	57.39 ± 12.71	0.316*
Physical health component summary	60.73 ± 12.79	63.35 ± 14.09	0.237*
Mental health component summary	61.90 ± 17.74	61.28 ± 16.24	0.826*

All values are presented as mean ± standard deviation.

^*Student T-test;

^**Mann Whitney U Test.