Research Article

Factors Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life among Jordanian Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcer

Table 3

Mean scores for the Diabetic Foot Scale-Short Form and its subscales and the two summaries of Short Form-8 (physical and mental component summaries) for the quality of life of diabetic foot ulcer patients.

VariablesQoL mean (SD)CI (95%)

Leisure/enjoying life36.7 (20.1)33.4–40.0
Physical health44.2 (22.6)40.5–47.9
Dependency/daily life48.2 (25.7)44.0–52.4
Negative emotions43.5 (24.6)39.4–47.5
Worried about ulcer32.7 (24.2)28.7–36.7
Bothered by ulcer care46.1 (27.8)41.5–50.7
DFS-SF score42.1 (17.0)39.3–44.9
PCS839.3 (9.9)37.6–40.9
MCS841.9 (11.1)40.0–43.7