Health Related Quality of Life among Omani Men and Women with Type 2 Diabetes
Table 5
Overall model significance and tests of between-subjects effects.
Source
Dependent variable
Men
Women
Outcomes
Mean Square
Sig./
Mean Square
Sig./
Corrected model
QoL
20.219
6.615
0.000
36.888
5.822
0.000
Health state
307.235
3.550
0.000
204.893
2.146
0.021
Intercept
QoL
152.364
49.849
0.000
184.703
29.152
0.000
Health state
3067.884
35.452
0.000
5790.067
60.638
0.000
Age
QoL
0.798
0.261
0.610
181.721
28.681
0.000
Health state
376.955
4.356
0.039
524.830
5.496
0.020
Schooling
QoL
0.509
0.166
0.684
0.012
0.002
0.966
Health state
42.830
0.495
0.483
57.694
0.604
0.438
Years of diabetes
QoL
16.577
5.424
0.021
20.945
3.306
0.050
Health state
501.693
5.798
0.017
18.774
0.197
0.658
Self-care activities
QoL
0.750
0.245
0.621
4.686
0.740
0.391
Health state
19.141
0.221
0.639
290.368
3.041
0.05
Diabetes education
QoL
5.044
1.650
0.201
18.808
2.968
0.05
Health state
658.313
7.607
0.007
298.142
3.122
0.050
DM prevents activities of daily living
QoL
43.917
14.369
0.000
9.693
1.530
0.218
Health state
12.687
0.147
0.702
102.130
1.070
0.303
Ability to manage positively
QoL
1.641
0.537
0.465
0.253
0.040
0.842
Health state
485.729
5.613
0.019
18.416
0.193
0.661
Knowledge of diabetes and its management
QoL
1.706
0.558
0.456
0.045
0.007
0.933
Health state
2.853
0.033
0.856
5.747
0.060
0.807
Medications
QoL
7.523
2.461
0.119
0.206
0.033
0.857
Health state
1.027
0.012
0.913
99.743
1.045
0.308
Body mass index
QoL
0.014
0.005
0.946
15.544
2.453
0.119
Health state
893.502
10.325
0.002
243.893
2.554
0.112
HbA1c
QoL
2.173
0.711
0.401
10.261
1.620
0.205
Health state
17.990
0.208
0.649
18.486
0.194
0.661
Generalized linear model: is the level of significance (sig). Computed using alpha = 0.05. Men: QoL = 0.357 (adjusted = 0.303); health state = 0.230 (adjusted = 0.165). Women: QoL = 0.306 (adjusted = 0.254); health state = 0.140 (adjusted = 0.075).
