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 4

Health-related quality of life scores: SF-36 before and 18 months after introduction of the new community model of care for people with Type 2 diabetes by age groupings and deprivation category. Statistical comparisons of baseline and follow-up data, when these data are not normally distributed, are based on the Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon rank test.

SF-36 domains	Age <55 years	Age 55–64 years	Age 65–74 years	Age >74 years	Dep cat 1&2	Dep cat 3, 4 & 5	Dep cat 6 & 7
𝑛	15	17	39	17	24	41	23
Baseline/followup	B  F	B  F	B  F	B  F	B  F	B  F	B  F
Physical function	75 versus 80 (55–100)	75 versus 80 (43–90)	75 versus 70 (50–90)	65 versus 45 (45–78)	75 versus 75	75 versus 75	50 versus 45
	𝑃=.06	𝑃=.19	𝑃=.40	𝑃<.𝟎𝟎𝟏	𝑃=.𝟎𝟒	𝑃=.23	𝑃=.64
Role limitation physical	100 versus 50 (0–100)	100 versus 100 (13–100)	50 versus 50 (0–100)	50 versus 0 (13–100)	100 versus 50	100 versus 100	25 versus 0
	𝑃=.𝟎𝟒𝟓	𝑃=.29	𝑃=.51	𝑃=.𝟎𝟏𝟑	𝑃=.𝟎𝟏	𝑃=.92	𝑃=.57
Role limitation mental	100 versus 33 (0– 100)	100 versus 100 (46–100)	67 versus 100 (33–100)	100 versus 67 (17–100)	100 versus 100	75 versus 100	57 versus 33
	𝑃=.57	𝑃=.46	𝑃=.81	𝑃=.52	𝑃=.80	𝑃=.25	𝑃=.22
Social function	89 versus 67 (33–100)	89 versus 78 (56–100)	89 versus 89 (67–100)	78 versus 67 (62–95)	100 versus 89	89 versus 89	67 versus 56
	𝑃=.𝟎𝟎𝟔	𝑃=.54	𝑃=.71	𝑃=.10	𝑃=.06	𝑃=.88	𝑃=.11
Mental health	59.5 versus 56.3	66.8 versus 67.5	75.3 versus 73.6	78.6 versus 74.8	81.0 versus 77.5	70.7 versus 70.6	63.3 versus 60.0
	𝑃=.41	𝑃=.71	𝑃=.47	𝑃=.13	𝑃=.06	𝑃=.96	𝑃=.35
Energy/vitality	41.7 versus 41.3	52.4 versus 52.4	52.1 versus 51.2	57.7 versus 46.8	62.7 versus 54.4	51.1 versus 50.2	40.2 versus 40.7
	𝑃=.92	𝑃=1.00	𝑃=.73	𝑃=.𝟎𝟒	𝑃=.𝟎𝟐	𝑃=.74	𝑃=.93
Bodily pain	68.3 versus 57.9	66.1 versus 68.1	70.4 versus 65.3	76.5 versus 62	79.3 versus 67.6	70.5 versus 67.3	60.9 versus 54.2
	𝑃=.19	𝑃=.74	𝑃=.18	𝑃=.𝟎𝟑	𝑃=.𝟎𝟑	𝑃=.35	𝑃=.30
General health	50.3 versus 41.4	52.3 versus 55.8	56.7 versus 54.0	56.8 versus 51.5	64.1 versus 55.1	55.6 versus 53.6	43.6 versus 44.7
	𝑃<.𝟎𝟎𝟏	𝑃=.48	𝑃=.46	𝑃=.13	𝑃=.𝟎𝟐	𝑃=.40	𝑃=.83