Effectiveness of Nurse Led Intervention on Health Related Quality of Life among Children with Sickle Cell Disease in Oman: A Pilot Study

Table 2

Comparison between post-test HRQOL score of participants in the intervention and control group.

Age group	Dimensions of HRQOL	Group				Mean difference	Mann–Whitney U-test
		Study		Control
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD
8–12 years child report	Pain and hurt	40.81	5.46	32.00	8.52	8.81
							Pain impact	32.30	5.08	28.20	7.84	4.1
	Pain management and control	43.33	6.13	32.47	6.05	10.86
							Worry I	41.93	5.64	34.70	6.20	7.23
	Worry II	44.83	7.77	39.27	6.26	5.56
							Emotions	46.50	7.25	36.33	8.24	10.17
	Treatment	44.70	10.01	34.56	7.00	10.14
							Communication I	50.22	10.19	44.13	14.67	6.09
	Communication II	36.93	11.47	27.55	9.36	9.38
							8–12 years parent report	Pain and hurt	38.19	6.61	29.00	6.20	9.19
	Pain impact	33.37	7.01	27.77	9.57	5.60
								Pain management and control	42.97	9.14	29.83	7.76	13.14
	Worry I	45.00	9.45	34.20	6.88	10.8
								Worry II	44.00	7.80	37.33	11.05	6.67
	Emotions	41.67	7.72	38.67	12.42	3.00
								Treatment	37.37	7.33	32.08	9.38	5.29
	Communication I	38.89	6.34	37.51	9.88	1.38
								Communication II	32.53	6.73	28.11	11.11	4.42

Significant at , significant at , significant at .