Table II.
Comparison quality of life score and its dimensions in the sample Case Study are Based on demographic variables
| Physical functioning | Role-physical | Role-emotional | Vitality | Mental health | Social functioning | Bodily pain | General health | Total SF-36 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | N | M±SD | M±SD | M±SD | M±SD | M±SD | M±SD | M±SD | M±SD | M±SD | |
| Age | 12-18 | 55 | 73.14±23.45 | 60±36.19 | 69.09±35.63 | 61.18±21.83 | 64.51±18.93 | 78.41±23.50 | 76.45±26.19 | 65.36±21.89 | 65.71±18.40 |
| ≤19 | 118 | 64.18±26.06 | 51.48±38.71 | 56.78±39.53 | 59.62±21.16 | 63.15±21.35 | 71.61±22.56 | 72.22±24.63 | 57.84±23.17 | 63.76±18.16 | |
| P value | 0.02 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.65 | 0.68 | 0.07 | 0.3 | 0.04 | 0.5 | ||
| Sex | male | 78 | 71.47±24.98 | 53.21±38.93 | 59.40±37.85 | 61.99±22.51 | 66.10±22.65 | 73.88±24.35 | 73.91±27.98 | 61.15±23.25 | 65.19±20.09 |
| female | 95 | 69.32±24.36 | 55±37.47 | 61.75±39.49 | 58.58±20.29 | 61.52±18.56 | 73.68±21.99 | 73.29±22.70 | 59.47±22.77 | 63.71±16.58 | |
| P value | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||
| Marital status | Single | 159 | 70.31±24.54 | 53.66±38.13 | 59.75±38.98 | 59.62±21.35 | 62.82±20.53 | 73.35±23.36 | 73.57±24.95 | 59.69±22.97 | 63.96±18.14 |
| Married | 13 | 69.62±27.11 | 63.46±37.66 | 74.36±33.75 | 66.54±21.54 | 73.54±19.83 | 80.77±17.39 | 75±28.84 | 68.85±21.42 | 70.44±19.09 | |
| P value | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.07 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||
| Employment | Not employed | 83 | 69.10±22.94 | 45.78±35.20 | 54.62±38.81 | 55.06±18.22 | 60.14±19.50 | 67.47±22.92 | 66.81±24.16 | 55.18±24.27 | 60.05±17.79 |
| Employed | 23 | 80.87±19.16 | 70.58±38.88 | 59.42±37.54 | 65.87±20.76 | 68±21.06 | 82.61±21.23 | 81.74±23.12 | 61.74±20.20 | 70.25±14.80 | |
| P value | 0.01 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.005 | 0.009 | 0.2 | 0.01 | ||
| Educational level | ≤High school Diploma | 113 | 65.84±24.28 | 48.45±38.27 | 59±38.32 | 56.99±21.10 | 61.73±20.03 | 72.01±24.79 | 71.73±26.32 | 57.48±23.35 | 61.15±17.57 |
| College | 60 | 78.67±23.12 | 65±35.41 | 63.89±39.43 | 66±20.66 | 67.07±21.28 | 77.08±19 | 77.04±22.55 | 65.42±21.37 | 70.45±17.97 | |
| P value | 0.001 | 0.006 | 0.4 | 0.008 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.03 | 0.001 | ||
| Compliance with iron-chelating therapy | Good | 153 | 71.21±24.10 | 55.23±38.22 | 61.87±39.07 | 61.08±20.99 | 64.18±20.57 | 75.82±21.87 | 74.69±24.73 | 61.08±22.64 | 65.38±17.74 |
| Poor | 17 | 64.71±28.42 | 52.94±35.22 | 52.94±37.37 | 54.41±23.97 | 60.94±21.42 | 61.76±25.56 | 66.03±28.91 | 57.06±25.25 | 59.19±20.85 | |
| P value | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.01 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | ||