Quality of Life in People with Type 2 Diabetes in Relation to Deprivation, Gender, and Age in a New Community-Based Model of Care

Table 3

Health-related quality of life scores: SF-36 by whole group and by gender before and 18 months after introduction of the new community model of care for people with Type 2 diabetes compared with other diabetic population groups (12).

SF-36 domains	SF 36 scores (9)	Whole group	Males	Females
𝑛	541	88	52	36
Baseline/followup		B  F	B  F	B  F
Physical function	67.7	75 versus 70	75 versus 78	73 versus 63
		𝑃=.10	𝑃=.24	𝑃=.25
Role limitation physical	56.8	75 versus 50	100 versus 75	50 versus 25
		𝑃=.08	𝑃=.20	𝑃=.24
Role limitation mental	75.6	88 versus 100	100 versus 100	67 versus 100
		𝑃=.86	𝑃=.82	𝑃=.60
Social function	82.0	89 versus 78	89 versus 78	78 versus 78
		𝑃=.07	𝑃=.08	𝑃=.48
Mental health	76.8	72 versus 70	75.4 versus 71.2	66.1 versus 67.7
		𝑃=.18	𝑃=.𝟎𝟐	𝑃=.46
Energy/vitality	55.7	51 versus 49	54.1 versus 49.9	47.5 versus 47.4
		𝑃=.21	𝑃=.09	𝑃=.97
Bodily pain	68.5	70 versus 63.9	72.5 versus 67.4	67.3 versus 59.0
		𝑃=.𝟎𝟐	𝑃=.12	𝑃=.08
General health	56.1	54.8 versus 51.7	55.8 versus 51.1	53.4 versus 52.6
		𝑃=0.13	𝑃=.09	𝑃=.80