Development and validation of the Chinese Quality of Life Instrument

Table 10 Differences between facet and domain scores in subjects of different self reported health status adjusted for gender and age

	Mean & SD of facet / domain scores
ChQOL Facets	Poor & Very poor (N = 58)		Neither poor nor good (N = 98)		Good & Very good (N = 116)		F	P-value
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Ch1.1 Complexion	43.14	21.75	54.17	16.74	64.13	15.13	30.767	0.000** ²
Ch1.2 Sleep	46.26	23.58	58.50	19.48	66.95	21.28	19.272	0.000** ²
Ch1.3 Stamina	37.00	19.78	56.55	13.55	66.83	15.62	68.083	0.000** ²
Ch1.4 Appetite & digestion	52.05	20.73	66.20	15.12	70.96	17.18	24.416	0.000** ³
Ch1.5 Adaptation to climate	57.33	21.86	62.16	18.07	70.80	17.11	10.824	0.000** ⁴
Ch2.1 Consciousness	61.64	21.34	69.76	17.24	77.80	13.90	18.749	0.000** ²
Ch2.2 Thinking	52.84	22.07	62.04	12.96	71.51	14.25	28.468	0.000** ²
Ch2.3 Spirit of the eyes	57.11	24.01	65.56	15.34	72.83	15.38	15.500	0.000** ⁴
Ch2.4 Verbal expression	66.16	22.58	73.32	17.74	79.31	15.38	9.960	0.000** ⁴
Ch3.1 Joy	55.17	19.80	61.54	15.45	68.64	15.51	13.609	0.000** ⁴
Ch3.2 Anger	46.47	18.66	54.18	15.79	58.88	17.71	10.692	0.000** ³
Ch3.3 Depressed mood	59.55	21.46	69.94	18.87	74.71	14.42	16.907	0.000** ³
Ch3.4 Fear & Anxiety	72.27	24.55	79.17	18.00	83.26	16.36	8.310	0.002** ⁵
ChQOL domains
Physical form	47.16	16.00	59.52	10.74	68.08	11.69	57.891	0.000** ²
Spirit	59.44	20.44	67.60	12.94	75.37	12.08	23.723	0.000** ²
Emotion	58.37	16.83	66.21	13.74	71.37	12.43	19.210	0.000** ²
Overall ChQOL	54.99	14.92	64.46	9.55	71.63	10.01	46.131	0.000** ²

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