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

Table 6

Multivariate analysis of factors associated with quality of life subscales.

Clinical variables	Leisure/enjoying life mean (SD)	Physical health mean (SD)	Dependency/daily life mean (SD)	Negative emotion mean (SD)	Worried about ulcer mean (SD)	Bothered by ulcer care mean (SD)
Gender
Male	38.8 (20.6)	48.3 (22.1)	50.5 (26.6)	41.4 (24.5)	47.8 (28.0)	47.1 (27.6)
Female	31.4 (18.0)	34.3 (20.9)	42.6 (22.7)	28.8 (16.5)	33.0 (20.8)	43.8 (28.5)
value	0.187	0.023	0.705	0.015	0.796	0.937
Educational status
≤high school	36.8 (20.5)	39.1 (21.2)	45.1 (23.7)	39.0 (22.0)	27.5 (20.7)	45.3 (27.0)
>high school	36.5 (19.7)	50.9 (22.8)	52.3 (27.8)	49.4 (26.7)	39.5 (26.9)	47.2 (29.0)
value	0.110	0.181	0.769	0.338	0.024	0.554
Family income
≤500	36.9 (18.4)	40.1 (22.6)	46.6 (23.8)	40.6 (23.9)	30.7 (22.1)	46.1 (28.0)
>500	36.3 (22.4)	50.0 (21.4)	50.4 (28.3)	47.5 (25.1)	35.5 (26.9)	46.1 (27.7)
value	0.842	0.033	0.472	0.332	0.562	0.909
Stressful events
Yes	32.0 (19.2)	37.1 (21.5)	42.7 (24.0)	38.0 (22.2)	29.5 (21.8)	41.4 (27.2)
No	44.7 (19.1)	56.3 (19.2)	57.5 (26.1)	52.8 (25.9)	38.2 (27.2)	54.1 (27.2)
value	0.000	0.000	0.001	0.009	0.261	0.008
PVD
Yes	33.8 (17.1)	40.6 (18.0)	37.1 (21.3)	38.2 (22.8)	24.7 (21.4)	38.4 (26.3)
No	37.8 (21.2)	45.7 (24.1)	52.7 (26.1)	45.6 (25.1)	36.0 (24.6)	49.3 (27.9)
value	0.460	0.573	0.005	0.088	0.018	0.118
Retinopathy
Yes	34.1 (17.7)	43.4 (21.1)	42.6 (24.3)	42.2 (24.7)	32.9 (24.2)	44.7 (26.5)
No	39.9 (22.5)	45.2 (24.5)	55.2 (25.9)	45.1 (24.6)	32.4 (24.5)	47.9 (29.4)
value	0.031	0.327	0.007	0.605	0.323	0.886
BMI
Nonobese	39.7 (17.7)	47.8 (23.7)	52.5 (27.5)	47.4 (23.7)	35.9 (24.1)	54.0 (27.6)
Obese	34.4 (21.5)	41.8 (22.0)	46.0 (24.2)	40.7 (24.7)	30.9 (24.5)	41.5 (26.9)
value	0.401	0.346	0.652	0.275	0.421	0.022

value < 0.05.