VAS value (mean) | ||||||
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N | Overall | Sex | Educational level | |||
Men | Women | Low | High | |||
Total sample | 11,177 | 80.0 | 81.1 | 79.0* | 75.3 | 83.7* |
Problemsa concerning: | ||||||
Mobility | 1,667 | 56.2 | 57.1 | 55.6 | 54.5 | 59.7* |
Self-care | 468 | 50.0 | 53.6 | 47.2* | 47.2 | 57.7* |
Usual activities | 1,323 | 53.6 | 55.3 | 52.4* | 52.3 | 56.7* |
Pain/discomfort | 3,850 | 64.9 | 65.6 | 64.3* | 62.7 | 68.1* |
Anxiety/depression | 1,379 | 61.3 | 59.5 | 62.2* | 57.6 | 65.9* |
At least 1 dimension | 4,358 | 66.3 | 66.6 | 66.0 | 63.7 | 69.7* |
None of these | 6,749 | 88.9 | 89.4 | 88.4* | 87.3 | 89.8* |
Chronic diseasea | ||||||
Muscul. system | 807 | 63.9 | 65.0 | 62.8 | 62.2 | 66.3* |
Hypertension | 786 | 63.2 | 63.7 | 62.8 | 60.9 | 67.0* |
Diabetes mellitus | 433 | 58.8 | 58.6 | 59.0 | 55.6 | 65.6* |
Heart disease | 292 | 57.0 | 56.7 | 57.4 | 54.8 | 61.6* |
Rheumatism | 240 | 59.3 | 60.8 | 58.0 | 57.0 | 64.0* |
Headache/migraine | 228 | 74.2 | 73.6 | 74.5 | 69.2 | 79.3* |
Any of these six | 2,128 | 64.5 | 64.5 | 64.5 | 61.8 | 68.6* |
Any chronic disease | 2,973 | 65.2 | 65.4 | 65.1 | 62.4 | 69.0* |