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Table 2 Unadjusted mean and standard deviation of PCS-12 and MCS-12 scores by characteristics of practices and patients

From: Gender differences in health-related quality of life of Australian chronically-ill adults: patient and physician characteristics do matter

 

PCS-12

MCS-12

Variable (definition)

Male

Female

 

Male

Female

 
 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

p-value 1

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

p-value 1

Overall score

43.0(11.7)

42.3(12.4)

0.206

50.0(10.9)

48.3(11.2)

0.002

Characteristics of patients

      

Age, years

      

  18–39

49.3(7.7)

46.3(11.3)

0.246

46.7(10.7)

41.9(11.9)

0.154

  40–59

46.1(10.7)

45.9(11.9)

0.870

48.2(11.0)

45.3(11.8)

0.005

  > 59

41.6(11.8)

40.5(12.4)

0.106

50.8(10.7)

50.0(10.4)

0.214

Health status

      

  Good

48.1(9.1)

48.3(9.4)

0.822

53.0(8.7)

52.0(9.1)

0.059

  Poor

35.2(10.8)

34.5(11.6)

0.397

45.4(12.2)

43.4(11.7)

0.025

Home ownership

      

  Own home and car

43.8(11.4)

44.1(12.1)

0.605

50.9(10.4)

49.3(10.7)

0.007

  Own home only

38.2(11.4)

37.9(12.1)

0.939

47.9(10.8)

47.2(11.4)

0.820

  Own car only

42.4(12.1)

39.7(12.3)

0.081

47.1(11.6)

45.7(11.0)

0.323

  Rent and do not own a car

34.7(11.5)

34.5(12.5)

0.935

42.3(11.8)

44.5(13.9)

0.423

Education

      

  Degree/Diploma

45.7(10.3)

44.8(11.9)

0.284

51.7(10.3)

48.0(10.6)

<0.001

  Elementary/High school

41.5(12.2)

41.2(12.5)

0.688

49.2(11.1)

48.3(11.4)

0.199

Employment

      

  Employed

48.0(9.2)

48.2(10.7)

0.785

49.7(9.9)

47.1(10.9)

0.003

  Retired

41.5(11.6)

40.5(11.8)

0.224

52.0(10.1)

51.0(9.9)

0.152

  Unemployed2

35.6(11.9)

38.9(13.2)

0.020

43.7(13.3)

45.3(12.3)

0.248

Marital status

      

  Married (married/cohabiting)

43.4(11.5)

43.4(12.2)

0.998

50.6(10.5)

49.4(10.8)

0.061

  Unmarried3

41.4(12.4)

39.9(12.6)

0.163

47.6(12.1)

46.2(11.6)

0.225

Disease

      

  One condition

45.1(11.6)

43.6(12.4)

0.035

50.3(10.5)

49.0(11.0)

0.052

  Two or more conditions

40.3(11.1)

39.5(12.2)

0.378

49.5(11.3)

47.2(11.1)

0.010

Smoker

      

  Yes

41.3(11.8)

41.0((12.3)

0.850

48.0(11.5)

41.9(12.1)

0.001

  No

43.3(11.6)

42.4(12.5)

0.157

50.1(10.8)

49.1(10.8)

0.056

Overall PACIC score

      

  High (above median)

42.6(11.7)

41.1(12.6)

0.070

50.3(10.7)

48.4(10.6)

0.009

  Low (below median)

43.3(11.7)

43.1(12.3)

0.813

49.3(11.1)

47.6(11.6)

0.030

Characteristics of general practitioner (GP)

      

Gender of GP

      

  Male

42.8(11.8)

41.1(12.5)

0.014

49.9(10.8)

48.5(11.3)

0.017

  Female

44.4(10.7)

44.8(11.9)

0.716

50.1(11.3)

47.8(11.0)

0.050

Country of graduation

      

  Australia

42.9(11.8)

42.3(12.5)

0.366

50.4(10.9)

48.4(11.1)

0.001

  Overseas

43.8(11.0)

42.4(12.2)

0.292

48.2(10.8)

47.8(11.5)

0.718

Years in the current practice

      

  <6

42.8(11.1)

43.0(12.2)

0.799

49.3(10.8)

47.3(11.3)

0.028

  6–15

42.6(11.8)

41.7(12.9)

0.449

49.4(12.4)

49.6(11.1)

0.853

  > 15

43.6(12.1)

42.0(12.1)

0.094

51.0(9.9)

48.5(11.0)

0.003

Years as a GP

      

  < 19

44.0(11.0)

43.1(12.2)

0.403

49.2(10.7)

48.1(11.3)

0.242

  19–24

42.3(12.1)

42.6(12.2)

0.819

50.3(11.0)

48.9(11.0)

0.118

  > 24

43.1(11.7)

41.2(12.9)

0.068

50.2(10.8)

47.9(11.6)

0.013

Works in a small practice (1–3 GPs)

42.8(12.4)

41.9(13.0)

0.312

49.0(11.3)

47.5(11.6)

0.082

Works in a large practice (> 3 GPs)

43.2(11.1)

42.6(12.0)

0.437

50.7(10.5)

48.9(10.8)

0.006

Location of work

      

  Urban

43.7(11.4)

42.2(12.0)

0.096

51.2(9.9)

48.3(11.0)

<0.001

  Rural

42.5(11.8)

42.3(12.8)

0.804

49.0(11.5)

48.3(11.3)

0.296

  1. Notes: 1p-values are for comparison of difference of each category of patient and practice characteristics using independent t- test.
  2. 2Includes patients looking for work, studying full-time, looking after family and unable to work due to sickness or disability.
  3. 3Includes single/separated/divorced/widowed.
  4. Number in each category is as shown in Table 1 subject to small number of missing values in SF12 items.
  5. Unknowns: Age = 5, Home and car ownership = 21, Education = 11, Employment = 10, Marital status = 69, Disease = 50, Overall PACIC score = 52.
  6. Patient characteristics were collected independently using PACIC for the same respondents.
  7. Number of GPs is shown in Table 1.
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