Treated Autoimmune Thyroid Disease Is Associated with a Decreased Quality of Life among Young Persons with Type 1 Diabetes

Table 4

Quality of life assessed using the HRQOL questionnaires, by presence of celiac disease.

	All patients	Celiac disease		-test value
		No	Yes
Children’s scores
Generic HRQOL questionnaire
Overall	82.51 (10.81)	82.19 (10.97)	85.19 (9.05)	0.128
Physical functioning	87.93 (10.58)	87.46 (10.68)	91.88 (8.91)	0.025
Emotional functioning	74.43 (18.57)	73.93 (18.71)	78.65 (17.18)	0.198
Social functioning	90.92 (12.53)	90.85 (12.47)	91.54 (13.25)	0.803
School functioning	73.77 (16.12)	73.67 (16.20)	74.62 (15.68)	0.774
Diabetes-specific HRQOL questionnaire
Overall	76.90 (12.24)	76.74 (12.21)	78.30 (12.64)	0.562
Diabetes symptoms	73.29 (13.71)	72.84 (13.61)	77.00 (12.30)	0.169
Treatment barriers	77.60 (17.07)	77.83 (17.16)	75.58 (16.51)	0.516
Treatment adherence	84.82 (13.45)	84.73 (13.53)	85.54 (13.01)	0.767
Worry	73.77 (21.92)	73.64 (22.31)	74.84 (18.65)	0.769
Communication	81.07 (19.79)	81.58 (19.48)	76.72 (22.18)	0.303
Parental scores
Generic HRQOL questionnaire
Overall	78.47 (11.20)	78.16 (11.39)	80.88 (9.48)	0.187
Physical functioning	83.55 (11.79)	83.29 (11.97)	85.58 (10.30)	0.303
Emotional functioning	71.38 (17.07)	70.76 (17.23)	76.35 (15.14)	0.090
Social functioning	86.86 (14.22)	86.57 (14.32)	89.23 (13.39)	0.350
School functioning	69.14 (16.56)	69.06 (16.69)	69.81 (15.78)	0.822
Diabetes-specific HRQOL questionnaire
Overall	74.13 (12.43)	73.70 (12.36)	77.62 (12.78)	0.149
Diabetes symptoms	71.70 (13.15)	70.98 (13.02)	77.57 (12.98)	0.020
Treatment barriers	74.48 (17.62)	74.47 (17.88)	74.54 (15.73)	0.985
Treatment adherence	79.62 (16.11)	79.27 (16.47)	82.46 (12.77)	0.253
Worry	72.12 (22.13)	71.72 (22.18)	75.44 (21.87)	0.428
Communication	76.25 (23.19)	76.33 (22.81)	75.56 (26.71)	0.891

Data are mean (SD).