Effectiveness of Nurse Led Intervention on Health Related Quality of Life among Children with Sickle Cell Disease in Oman: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Comparison between pre-test HRQOL Score of participants in the intervention and control group.

Age group	Dimensions of HRQOL	Group				Mean difference	Mann–Whitney U-test
		Study		Control
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD
8–12 years child report	Pain and hurt	30.67	4.10	29.63	5.74	1.04
							Pain impact	26.50	4.98	25.37	4.46	1.13
	Pain management and control	29.27	5.14	27.87	8.25	1.40
							Worry I	33.13	6.59	31.20	5.48	1.93
	Worry II	38.47	7.85	37.03	6.62	1.44
							Emotions	38.73	7.97	35.93	6.59	2.80
	Treatment	33.81	4.57	31.67	9.04	2.14
							Communication I	42.56	4.10	40.64	4.46	1.92
	Communication II	25.27	3.05	23.73	2.75	1.54
							8–12 years parent report	Pain and hurt	29.15	4.49	27.59	7.08	1.56
	Pain impact	27.00	3.68	26.53	9.62	0.47
								Pain management and control	28.33	14.54	26.67	13.25	1.66
	Worry I	34.00	7.61	33.33	8.34	0.67
								Worry II	39.50	12.23	36.67	17.97	2.83
	Emotions	36.67	8.80	35.00	11.76	1.67
								Treatment	33.65	9.89	30.47	6.92	3.18
	Communication I	36.29	7.83	35.20	9.54	1.09
								Communication II	28.89	6.95	25.00	9.45	3.89