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Table 3 Quality of life measures by ethnicity, chronic care study, 2011 (N = 193)

From: Characteristics of Indigenous adults with poorly controlled diabetes in north Queensland: implications for services

 

Aboriginal

Torres Strait Islander

Overall

P-value

Anxious or depressed

   

<0.001

No

37 (39)

18 (19)

55 (29)

 

Slightly

47 (49)

75 (77)

122 (63)

 

Moderately

12 (12)

4 (4)

16 (8)

 

Pain

   

0.01

None

58 (60)

79 (81)

137 (71)

 

Moderate

31 (32)

15 (16)

46 (24)

 

Severe

5 (5)

3 (3)

8 (4)

 

Unbearable

2 (2)

0

2 (1)

 

Self-reported health status

   

0.008

Excellent or very good

12 (13)

30 (31)

42 (22)

 

Good

50 (52)

41 (42)

91 (47)

 

Fair or poor

34 (35)

26 (27)

60 (31)

 

Tired

   

<0.001

All or most of the time

20 (21)

6 (6)

26 (13)

 

Some of the time

50 (52)

38 (39)

88 (46)

 

A little or none of the time

26 (27)

53 (55)

79 (41)

 
  1. Anxious or depressed Q14 from the Assessment of Quality of Life Survey (AQoL); pain Q15 from AQoL survey; self-reported health status Q1 from SF-36v2 Health Survey; tired Q9i from SF-36v2.