Diabetes and Quality of Life: A Ugandan Perspective

Table 6

Regression estimates of quality of life in a multivariable analysis.

	Quality of life Dimensions
	Role limitation			Physical Endurance
	MR^a	Std. Err	𝑃 value	MR	Std. Err	𝑃 value
Sex
Male	—	—	—	—	—	—
Female	1.018	0.034	0.605	0.952	0.035	0.185
Age group
Below 50 yrs	—	—	—	—	—	—
50–59	0.968	0.0328	0.336	0.9295	0.036	0.056
Above 59 yrs	0.866	0.0329	0.000	0.8194	0.035	0.000
Educational level
No education	—	—	—	—	—	—
Primary	1.083	0.045	0.056	1.067	0.050	0.170
Secondary	1.160	0.055	0.002	1.119	0.059	0.034
Tertiary	1.193	0.070	0.002	1.169	0.076	0.017
Diabetes type
Type 1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Type 2	1.022	0.050	0.649	1.015	0.031	0.787
Diabetic foot
No		—	—	—	—	—
Yes	0.962	0.029	0.203	0.927	0.031	0.025
Retinopathy
No		—	—	—	—	—
Yes	1.053	0.037	0.138	1.041	0.041	0.305
Hypertension
No		—	—	—	—	—
Yes	0.890	0.092	0.261	0.926	0.106	0.499
Diabetes treatment
Insulin therapy		—	—	—	—	—
Oral therapy	1.027	0.053	0.605	1.041	0.059	0.817
Insulin and oral	0.935	0.090	0.481	0.867	0.050	0.231
Smoking status
No		—	—	—	—
Yes	1.083	0.1161	0.455	0.984	0.1189	0.896
Alcoholic status
No		—	—	—	—
Yes	1.077	0.0481	0.096	1.065	0.054	0.210

Note: estimates are based on Poisson regression, where adenotes mean ratio rate of occurrence.