Does the Diabetic Foot Have a Significant Impact on Selected Psychological or Social Characteristics of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus?
Table 2
The comparison of quality of life, depression, and stress readaptation between patients with DF and controls.
Instrument
Evaluated parameters (scale)
DF group ()*
C group ()**
value
WHOQOL-BREF (4 domains)
Physical health domain
12.7 ± 2.8
14.7 ± 2.5
Psychological health domain
14.3 ± 2.6
15 ± 2.5
NS
Social relationship domain
14.2 ± 2.9
14.8 ± 2.6
NS
Environment domain
14.1 ± 2.2
15 ± 1.8
Geriatric depression scale
No depression (% of patients)
15.8
10.4
NS
Mild form of depression (% of patients)
83.2
89.6
NS
Severe form of depression (% of patients)
1
0
NS
Social readaptation scale
Scale 1 = score < 150 (% of patients)
69.3
83.3
NS
Scale 2 = score 150–200 (% of patients)
14.9
8.3
NS
Scale 3 = score 200–299 (% of patients)
8.9
4.2
NS
Scale 4 = score > 300 (% of patients)
6.9
4.2
NS
DF group included patients with the DF; C group included diabetic controls; using ANCOVA physical health domain was (mean ± SE) 12.7 ± 0.3 in the DF group versus 14.5 ± 0.4 in the C group, ; using ANCOVA environment domain was 14.3 ± 0.2 in the DF group versus 14.6 ± 0.3 in the C group, .
