Table 2.

Summary of the differences in HRQoL and functional social support, coping, resilience, PTSD, emotional support, life satisfaction by diabetes status

	Total	Diabetes	No diabetes	p value
Functional social support
Mean (SD)	4.61 (.01)	4.56 (.02)	4.62 (.01)	0.0063
Coping
Mean (SD)	2.65 (.01)	2.61 (.01)	2.65 (.01)	0.0053
Avoidance coping
Mean (SD)	1.75 (.01)	1.78 (.02)	1.74 (.01)	0.0391
Resilience
Mean (SD)	3.74 (.01)	3.70 (.02)	3.75 (.01)	0.0858
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Mean (SD)	0.95 (.02)	0.93 (.05)	0.96 (.03)	0.6208
0–2% (n)	79.6 (3264)	80.8 (758)	79.4 (2506)	0.3527
3 or more % (n)	20.4 (823)	19.2 (179)	20.6 (644)
Emotional support needed
Always/usually % (n)	81.1 (3305)	76.1 (718)	82.3 (2587)	0.0003
Sometimes % (n)	12.2 (507)	14.6 (133)	11.6 (374)
Rarely/never % (n)	6.7 (279)	9.3 (90)	6.1 (189)
Life satisfaction
Very satisfied % (n)	45.2 (1852)	39.7 (372)	46.6 (1480)	0.0003
Satisfied % (n)	48.8 (2010)	52.2 (495)	47.9 (1515)
Dissatisfied/very dissatisfied % (n)	6.0 (248)	8.1 (74)	5.5 (174)
Health-related quality of life
Overall general health
Excellent/very good % (n)	40.6 (1549)	15.0 (141)	47.1 (1408)	< .0001
Good % (n)	34.1 (1439)	37.6 (348)	33.2 (1091)
Fair/poor % (n)	25.3 (1138)	47.4 (458)	19.7 (680)
Healthy days
Physical health not good past 30 days
0 days % (n)	54.6 (2117)	41.6 (375)	57.9 (1742)	< .0001
1–14 days % (n)	29.3 (1219)	32.3 (307)	28.5 (912)
15 or more days % (n)	16.1 (717)	26.1 (248) 13.6 (469)	13.6 (469)
Mental health not good past 30 days
0 days % (n)	61.5 (2496)	63.1 (590)	61.1 (1906)	0.0021
1–14 days % (n)	24.4 (977)	20.4 (193)	25.4 (784)
15 or more days % (n)	14.1 (585)	16.5 (152) 13.5 (433)	13.5 (433)