Table 4. Evaluation of socio-demographic variables associated with health-related quality of life of adolescents with T1DM*. Recife, PE, Brazil 2014.
| Variables | Parameters | Domains of the Diabetes Quality of Life for Youths questionnaire | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfaction | Impact | Worries | Total | ||||||
| OR† | 95% CI‡ | OR† | 95% CI‡ | OR† | 95% CI‡ | OR† | 95% CI‡ | ||
| Gender | Female (R)§ | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Male | 9.0 | 3.63 22.7 |
7.3 | 3.1 17.2 |
11.5 | 4.1 31.9 |
11.5 | 4.1 31.5 |
|
| Color/ethnicity | Yellow (R)§ | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| White | 7.6 | 3.0 19.3 |
6.2 | 2.6 14.6 |
6.0 | 2.5 14.2 |
13.0 | 4.0 42.1 |
|
| Black | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| Brown | 8.5 | 3.0 23.9 |
8.5 | 3.0 23.9 |
8.5 | 3.0 23.9 |
11.7 | 3.6 37.9 |
|
| Civil status | Married/cons. union (R)§ | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Single | 10.1 | 4.9 20.9 |
7.9 | 4.1 15.2 |
7.8 | 4.0 15.1 |
13.7 | 6.0 31.3 |
|
| Level of Education | Higher Education (R)§ | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Elementary Education | 7.3 | 3.1 17.2 |
7.3 | 3.1 17.2 |
7.3 | 3.1 17.2 |
9.0 | 3.6 22.7 |
|
| Secondary Education | 12.7 | 3.9 41.0 |
9.2 | 3.3 25.9 |
9.0 | 3.2 25.3 |
39.0 | 5.4 283.9 | |
*
T1DM = Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus;
†
OR = Odds Ratio adjusted based on the logistic regression model. All OR values in bold are significant at 5%;
‡
C.I. = Confidence Interval;
§
R = comparative reference for odds ratio interpretation