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Table 2 Within-group difference in HRQoL-scores among intervention and control group at 3 months and 6 months

From: The effect of the smartphone app DiaCert on health related quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes: results from a randomized controlled trial

Intervention group

RAND-36 health concepts scores

Baseline (n = 72)

3 months (n = 72)

pa

Baseline (n = 58)

6 months (n = 58)

pa

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Physical functioning

82.4 (19.4)

83.1 (20.6)

0.68

82.3 (19.7)

80.8 (23.8)

0.93

Social functioning

80.6 (23.8)

86.4 (19.2)

0.08

83.3 (20.4)

85.6 (21.0)

0.10

Role physical

79.2 (32.4)

86.1 (29.4)

0.05

78.1 (33.4)

75.4 (38.5)

0.43

Role emotional

78.6 (35.5)

85.7 (30.9)

0.08

82.1 (33.0)

90.1 (26.7)

0.15

Emotional well-being

73.8 (19.0)

77.5 (17.9)

0.02

76.3 (17.5)

77.9 (19.5)

0.30

Energy/Fatigue

61.3 (19.7)

65.9 (19.2)

0.02

63.3 (19.5)

63.4 (20.4)

0.38

Pain

72.5 (27.0)

72.5 (25.7)

0.80

70.7 (27.7)

73.4 (22.8)

0.30

General health

61.5 (20.7)

63.2 (20.4)

0.14

60.9 (20.3)

62.7 (19.5)

0.23

Health change

53.2 (24.2)

58.7 (21.5)

0.02

55.5 (22.4)

53.9 (22.4)

0.81

Control group

RAND-36 health concepts scores

Baseline (n = 76)

3 months (n = 76)

pa

Baseline (n = 71)

6 months (n = 71)

pa

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Physical functioning

80.0 (21.6)

77.4 (25.3)

0.47

80.0 (20.8)

81.3 (22.3)

0.08

Social functioning

84.0 (22.6)

84.0 (23.1)

0.49

83.9 (22.8)

83.5 (22.7)

0.93

Role physical

76.3 (37.6)

68.2 (41.7)

0.02

75.7 (38.5)

70.2 (39.4)

0.25

Role emotional

77.6 (37.9)

74.2 (40.4)

0.84

77.5 (37.7)

79.0 (36.0)

0.62

Emotional well-being

76.3 (18.1)

74.6 (20.6)

0.60

76.4 (18.3)

76.6 (17.2)

1.00

Energy/Fatigue

65.1 (21.4)

66.3 (21.2)

0.16

64.1 (20.8)

65.0 (19.1)

0.78

Pain

73.5 (28.4)

74.7 (27.4)

0.24

73.0 (28.6)

74.0 (26.2)

0.65

General health

60.4 (23.9)

63.3 (22.9)

0.08

60.2 (23.8)

61.0 (21.2)

0.46

Health change

56.8 (21.2)

57.9 (24.3)

0.53

53.1 (23.7)

59.3 (22.6)

0.67

  1. aWilcoxon signed rank test