Effect of educational intervention programme on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus in South-East, Nigeria

Table 3 Independent t-test comparison of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) scores between Experimental and Control groups before intervention

QOL Domains	Group.	Mean	SD	t-test	p
Physical Functioning	Exp.	56.49	24.50	0.674	0.501
Physical Functioning	Cont.	54.86	22.53
Role physical	Exp.	43.99	36.37	0.381	0.703
Role physical	Cont.	42.59	35.31
Role emotional	Exp.	47.48	36.76	–1.762	0.079
Role emotional	Cont.	54.17	37.58
Energy/fatigue	Exp.	51.60	14.15	–3.379	0.001*
Energy/fatigue	Cont.	57.03	17.20
Emotional Wellbeing	Exp.	59.19	12.96	–5.690	0.001*
Emotional Wellbeing	Cont.	67.64	16.02
Social functioning	Exp.	58.33	20.09	–2.186	0.029*
Social functioning	Cont.	62.96	21.37
Pain	Exp.	51.33	22.09	–1.927	0.055
Pain	Cont.	55.88	24.09
General Health	Exp.	47.75	12.85	–6.072	0.001*
General Health	Cont.	56.95	16.66
Overall QOL (before intervention)	Exp.	52.02	15.02	–2.792	0.006
Overall QOL (before intervention)	Cont.	56.51	16.44

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