Comparison of health-related quality of Life (HRQOL) among patients with pre-diabetes, diabetes and normal glucose tolerance, using the 15D-HRQOL questionnaire in Greece: the DEPLAN study

Table 2 Comparison of the HRQOL-15D score and its components among the DM patients, people with pre-DM (IFG – IGT) and NGT

	NGT	Pre-diabetes			DM	P*
	NGT	IFG	IGT	All pre-DM	DM	P*
Mobility	0.9179	0.9122	0.8711	0.8969	0.8264	< 0.001
Vision	0.8688	0.8963	0.8938	0.8954	0.8333	NS
Hearing	0.9487	0.9562	0.9455	0.9522	0.9152	NS
Breathing	0.9150	0.8849	0.8862	0.8854	0.8473	0.044
Sleeping	0.8335	0.8385	0.8256	0.8338	0.8172	NS
Eating	0.9983	1.0000	0.9945	0.9980	0.9901	NS
Speech	0.9887	0.9880	0.9844	0.9867	0.9676	NS
Excretion	0.9433	0.9511	0.9234	0.9410	0.9048	NS
Usual activities	0.9214	0.9329	0.8956	0.9191	0.8226	< 0.001
Mental function	0.9153	0.9095	0.9068	0.9085	0.9007	NS
Discomfort and symptoms	0.8841	0.8779	0.8683	0.8743	0.8694	NS
Depression	0.8601	0.8627	0.8472	0.8569	0.8574	NS
Distress	0.7561	0.7333	0.6971	0.7205	0.7657	0.019
Vitality	0.8474	0.8150	0.8424	0.8246	0.8112	NS
Sexual activity	0.9000	0.8838	0.8895	0.8858	0.6642	< 0.001
Total score	0.9092	0.9043	0.8946	0.9008	0.8605	< 0.001

NGT Normal Glucose Tolerance, IFG Impaired Fasting Glucose, IGT Impaired Glucose Tolerance, DM Diabetes mellitus, NS Non-significant
*P = Comparison among the 4 groups (NGT, IFG, IGT, DM) by Kruskal-Wallis analysis

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