Table 1.
Comparison of demographic factor of diabetic patients by Quality of Life
| Overall sample | Quality of Life | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 50 | 51-74 | > 75 | ||||
| n = 1394 | n = 690 | n = 682 | n = 22 | |||
| n (%) | ||||||
| Sex | Female | 696 (49.9) | 322 (46.7) | 364 (53.4) | 10 (45.5) | 0.042 |
| Male | 698 (41.1) | 368 (53.3) | 318 (46.6) | 12 (54.5) | ||
| Age (year)* | 62 (28-77) | 63 (38-77) | 62 (25-76) | 54 (26-78) | 0.0001 | |
| Marital status | Married | 1143 (82) | 593 (85.9) | 529 (77.6) | 21 (95.5) | 0.001 |
| Widower | 109 (7.8) | 52 (7.5) | 57 (8.4) | – | ||
| Single | 80 (5.8) | 26 (3.8) | 53 (7.8) | 1 (4.5) | ||
| Divorced | 42 (3) | 15 (2.2) | 27 (3.9) | – | ||
| Other | 20 (1.4) | 4 (0.6) | 15 (2.3) | – | ||
| Occupation | Housewives | 580 (41.6) | 298 (43.2) | 275 (40.3) | 7 (31.8) | 0.0001 |
| Retired | 454 (32.5) | 299 (43.3) | 154 (22.6) | 1 (4.6) | ||
| Employee | 205 (14.7) | 37 (5.4) | 157 (23) | 11 (50) | ||
| Other | 147 (10.5) | 53 (7.7) | 91 (13.4) | – | ||
| Unemployed | 8 (0.5) | 3 (0.4) | 5 (0.7) | 3 (13.6) | ||
| Duration of diabetes(months) | 240 (0-300) | 252 (0-300) | 132 (0-300) | 72 (0-204) | 0.0001 | |
| Number of morbidities | 0 | 208 (14.9) | 61 (8.8) | 142 (20.8) | 5 (22.7) | 0.0001 |
| 1 | 766 (54.9) | 369 (53.5) | 388 (56.9) | 9 (40.9) | ||
| 2 | 187 (13.4) | 87 (12.6) | 97 (14.2) | 3 (13.7) | ||
| 3 | 218 (15.7) | 165 (23.9) | 48 (7.1) | 5 (22.7) | ||
| 4 | 15 (1.1) | 8 (1.2) | 7 (1) | – | ||
| Depression | No | 352 (25.2) | 70 (10.1) | 263 (38.6) | 19 (86.4) | 0.0001 |
| Mild | 223 (16) | 129 (18.7) | 94 (13.8) | – | ||
| Moderate | 723 (52.9) | 428 (62.1) | 292 (42.8) | 3 (13.6) | ||
| Severe | 96 (6.9) | 63 (9.1) | 33 (4.8) | – | ||
"*" median (min-max)