Journal of Diabetes Research / 2019 / Article / Tab 4 / Research Article
Factors Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life among Jordanian Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcer Table 4 Mean scores of Diabetic Foot Scale-Short Form and the two component summary of Short form-8 according to sociodemographic, clinical, and diabetic foot characteristics.
Clinical variables DFS-SF mean (SD) PCS8 mean (SD) MCS8 mean (SD) Gender Male 44.9 (17.5) 40.4 (9.8) 42.8 (11.5) Female 35.4 (14.0) 36.5 (9.9) 39.7 (9.9) value0.002 0.034 0.126 Educational status ≤high school 39.0 (15.4) 37.3 (9.5) 39.9 (10.7) >high school 46.2 (18.3) 41.9 (10.0) 44.4 (11.2) value0.011 0.006 0.017 Occupational status Employed 45.0 (18.4) 42.1 (9.1) 43.4 (11.7) Unemployed 41.1 (16.5) 38.3 (10.1) 41.4 (10.9) value0.242 0.049 0.351 Stressful events in the last year Yes 36.9 (14.5) 37.4 (9.7) 39.7 (11.0) No 51.0 (17.6) 42.5 (9.5) 45.5 (10.4) value0.000 0.003 0.003 Duration of foot ulcer (month) <1 45.8 (17.3) 42.1 (10.0) 44.0 (10.6) 1-3 39.5 (13.6) 37.4 (10.0) 40.2 (10.1) >3 39.9 (18.5) 37.5 (9.2) 40.7 (12.1) value0.116 0.022 0.170 PVD Yes 35.8 (13.2) 35.9 (8.9) 40.1 (10.7) No 44.7 (17.8) 40.7 (10.1) 42.6 (11.2) value0.004 0.009 0.235 Offloading device None 43.9 (17.9) 41.1 (10.5) 40.2 (10.8) Felted foam padding 47.2 (18.4) 40.0 (10.1) 45.0 (11.0) Half shoe 40.7 (13.4) 39.1 (9.8) 40.5 (10.9) Removable cast walker 36.4 (15.0) 37.8 (9.4) 40.2 (12.0) Total contact cast 30.3 (5.7) 32.9 (7.0) 40.9 (6.2) value0.016 0.280 0.223 Infection Yes 39.1 (15.9) 38.6 (10.3) 41.7 (10.7) No 45.1 (17.7) 40.0 (9.6) 42.0 (11.5) value0.035 0.400 0.886 Amputation Yes/minor 39.6 (17.5) 39.0 (8.4) 38.8 (11.6) No 43.3 (16.7) 39.4 (10.6) 43.3 (10.6) value0.227 0.812 0.023 Wagner classification Grade 1 48.3 (18.4) 41.0 (10.2) 44.7 (10.1) Grade 2 40.3 (15.6) 39.6 (9.9) 40.8 (10.9) ≥Grade 3 38.6 (16.2) 37.3 (9.6) 41.6 (12.0) value0.016 0.226 0.149 Type of diabetes Type 1 45.7 (20.4) 40.3 (10.1) 48.5 (13.6) Type 2 41.8 (16.8) 39.2 (10.0) 41.3 (10.8) value0.470 0.734 0.037 BMI Nonobese 46.3 (17.1) 41.6 (9.7) 43.5 (11.1) Obese 39.5 (16.4) 37.8 (9.9) 40.8 (11.2) value0.018 0.026 0.159