Table 3.

Comparison of patients’ QoL in groups with high and moderate religiosity status

QoL variables	Religiosity status Mean±SD		P †
	Moderate (n=58)	High (n=26)
General health subscale	62.42±9.6	75.43±6.7	<0.0001
Physical functioning subscale	67.69±9.9	80.08±10.28	<0.0001
Role limitations due to physical health problems subscale	68.84±12.02	83.87±10.1	<0.0001
Role limitations due to emotional problems subscale	69.89±9.6	86.5±10.6	<0.0001
Social functioning subscale	67.4±9.9	83.4±9.5	<0.0001
Bodily pain subscale	75.76±15.1	91.03±10.4	<0.0001
Vitality subscale	65.96±7.07	77.32±9.1	<0.0001
Mental health subscale	69.6±8.01	79.89±6.7	<0.0001
Total	549.6±60.8	659.2±50.4	<0.0001

^†Obtained from independent samples t-test