Table 4 Mean scores of QOL in terms of secondary factors affecting QOL in blind survivors
From: Quality of life in the Iranian Blind War Survivors in 2007: a cross-sectional study
Secondary Factor | QOL Score Mean(SD) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Total | P value* | MCS | P value* | PCS | P value* |
Systolic HTN | Yes | 43.50(22.68) | 0.018 | 44.00(23.00) | 0.030 | 43.75(20.77) | 0.016 |
| Â | No | 59.49(22.41) | Â | 58.98(23.13) | Â | 60.50(23.43) | Â |
Diastolic HTN | Yes | 49.82(27.20) | 0.016 | 49.70(27.46) | 0.022 | 51.14(26.78) | 0.025 |
| Â | No | 60.00(21.83) | Â | 59.54(22.27) | Â | 60.92(22.80) | Â |
Tinnitus | Yes | 56.67(22.28) | 0.005 | 56.55(22.92) | 0.023 | 57.85(22.67) | 0.005 |
| Â | No | 65.34(22.53) | Â | 63.74(23.23) | Â | 66.53(22.98) | Â |
Hearing loss | Yes | 55.37(21.87) | 0.000 | 55.09(22.24) | 0.000 | 56.80(22.53) | 0.000 |
| Â | No | 67.07(20.63) | Â | 65.91(21.88) | Â | 67.83(21.20) | Â |
Premature ejaculation | Yes | 59.13(22.28) | 0.000 | 59.02(22.90) | 0.001 | 60.07(22.83) | 0.000 |
| Â | No | 75.94(12.21) | Â | 71.63(13.24) | Â | 77.68(12.60) | Â |
Erectile dysfunction | Yes | 59.74(21.92) | 0.026 | 59.34(22.51) | 0.048 | 60.63(22.50) | 0.021 |
| Â | No | 71.20(20.32) | Â | 69.75(19.21) | Â | 72.85(21.07) | Â |
Hypercholesterolemia | Yes | 56.06(22.31) | 0.021 | 55.70(22.80) | 0.081 | 57.54(23.59) | 0.011 |
| Â | No | 65.54(19.44) | Â | 63.00(19.70) | Â | 68.47(20.75) | Â |
Abnormal HDL | Yes | 58.61(21.39) | 0.031 | 57.97(21.70) | 0.033 | 60.13(22.86) | 0.030 |
| Â | No | 71.26(16.87) | Â | 70.93(21.98) | Â | 71.33(16.59) | Â |