Health Related Quality of Life among Omani Men and Women with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 2

Personal characteristics and total QoL and health state among men and women.

Determinants	Categories	Men’s QoL		Women’s QoL		Men’s health state		Women’s health state
		Mean	Sig/	Mean	Sig/	Mean	Sig/	Mean	Sig/
Age	30–39	12.22	0.000	12.38	0.000	69.44	0.523	76.38	0.000
	40–49	10.05		10.45		69.36		67.34
	50–59	8.93		8.50		70.09		73.09
	60 & above	9.29		8.73		66.61		66.33
Schooling	Until 8th grade	9.89	0.482	9.85	0.002	67.86	0.425	70.76	0.895
	High school	9.90		11.07		70.68		69.66
	Diploma	9.35		8.84		68.02		69.47
	Technical	11.00		10.00		75.00		72.50
DM prevents activities of daily living	Never	12.17	0.000	10.24	0.000	74.17	0.291	73.33	0.036
	Rarely	11.12		11.60		66.52		65.83
	Sometimes	10.29		12.29		66.43		71.79
	Moderately	8.68		9.00		70.36		69.32
	Mostly	9.00		8.38		68.95		71.07
	Always	8.75		9.25		70.00		75.00
	Everyday	0		11.00		0		70.00
Ability to manage positively	Poor ability	9.22	0.590	10.46	0.058	65.00	0.006	65.77	0.346
	Moderate ability	9.88		9.80		67.01		70.36
	Good ability	9.61		10.57		72.18		70.89
	Excellent ability	0		7.00		0		66.25
Knowledge of DM and its management	Poor	10.86	0.001	8.00	0.003	72.50	0.296	82.50	0.050
	Fair	11.45		11.64		64.09		71.43
	Satisfactory	9.58		11.16		68.27		65.20
	Above average	9.73		9.00		68.18		70.47
	Good	8.96		9.69		69.45		71.47
	Very good	10.43		10.38		70.36		68.13
	Excellent	10.00		12.33		85.00		73.33
	Total	9.72		10.06		69.13		70.06

is the level of significance (sig).