On the MCS-12, better scores were associated with male gender, lack of anxiety or depression and coping styles based on less self-blame, on positive reframing, acceptance, and behavioral disengagement.
PCS was associated with anxiety and time since diagnosis and MCS was associated with anxiety and depressive symptoms but not with diabetes duration or metabolic control.
Baseline scores were compared to post-injury time points for SF-12 subscores (physical and mental; PCS-12, MCS-12) and HADS subscores (depression and anxiety; HADS-D, HADS-A).
The results showed acceptance of illness to be positively correlated with quality of life in terms of PCS (rho = 0.43) and MCS (rho = 0.36), and depression and anxiety to be negatively correlated with quality of life in both domains (PCS: rho = -0.39 and rho = -0.56, respectively; MCS: rho = -0.56 and rho = -0.78, respectively).