Table 4 SF36 among women in mining and agricultural communities using ANOVA
From: Factors associated with health-related quality of life among Indian women in mining and agriculture
Functional status and Well-being | Mining community N = 145 | Agricultural community N = 133 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scale | SF36 Dimensions and items | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | F | P |
Physical health | 1.Physical Functioning (PF) | 50.1 | 26.1 | 53.7 | 21.1 | 1.5 | 0.22 |
2.Physical Role limitations (RP) | 57.8 | 44.6 | 79.9 | 35.3 | 20.8 | 0.00* | |
3.Bodily Pain (BP) | 69.3 | 25.1 | 73.2 | 19.9 | 2.0 | 0.15 | |
4.General health perceptions (GH) | 61.5 | 15.3 | 59.6 | 13.4 | 1.1 | 0.29 | |
5.Vitality/energy/fatigue (VT) | 60.4 | 15.0 | 61.8 | 13.7 | 0.7 | 0.42 | |
Mental health | 6.Social Functioning (SF) | 65.9 | 23.5 | 72.7 | 20.0 | 6.7 | 0.01* |
7.Emotional–Role limitations (RE) | 73.1 | 43.2 | 78.7 | 37.9 | 1.3 | 0.25 | |
8.Well-being or General Mental health (MH) | 63.6 | 16.0 | 69.8 | 15.2 | 10.9 | 0.00* | |
Physical health | 59.8 | 15.8 | 65.6 | 13.7 | 10.7 | 0.00* | |
Mental health | 64.9 | 15.5 | 68.5 | 13.1 | 4.4 | 0.04* | |
Total SF36 | 62.7 | 15.9 | 68.7 | 13.6 | 11.1 | 0.00* | |