Development and validation of the Chinese Quality of Life Instrument

Table 11 Differences between facet and domain scores in subjects of different disease conditions adjusted for gender and age

	Mean & SD of facet / domain scores
ChQOL Facets	Healthy (N = 76)		Stable chronic illness (N = 56)		Receiving active treatment (N = 139)		F	P-value
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Ch1.1 Complexion	64.67	15.82	57.11	15.49	50.99	20.29	13.656	0.000** ²
Ch1.2 Sleep	68.09	20.52	55.51	20.86	56.35	23.13	7.696	0.000** ³
Ch1.3 Stamina	67.45	16.12	57.29	14.22	50.73	20.54	19.459	0.000** ⁴
Ch1.4 Appetite & digestion	71.71	17.27	65.29	16.47	61.51	19.39	7.252	0.001** ²
Ch1.5 Adaptation to climate	69.00	16.81	65.63	16.44	61.93	21.00	2.604	0.076
Ch2.1 Consciousness	74.34	17.04	71.21	16.10	70.08	19.11	1.209	0.300
Ch2.2 Thinking	68.55	16.73	63.04	14.42	62.23	18.43	3.090	0.047* ²
Ch2.3 Spirit of the eyes	71.83	16.19	66.29	13.47	64.48	20.87	3.380	0.036* ²
Ch2.4 Verbal expression	77.33	17.52	73.66	16.63	73.11	19.85	1.022	0.361
Ch3.1 Joy	67.43	17.33	62.61	13.82	61.24	18.15	3.153	0.044* ²
Ch3.2 Anger	60.79	18.04	52.14	15.34	52.23	17.92	6.849	0.001* ³
Ch3.3 Depressed mood	74.01	16.46	69.72	16.64	67.42	20.12	4.112	0.017* ²
Ch3.4 Fear & Anxiety	83.99	17.09	81.70	15.68	76.08	21.25	5.765	0.004** ²
ChQOL domains
Physical form	68.41	12.78	60.16	10.96	56.30	15.33	17.518	0.000** ³
Spirit	72.89	14.23	68.66	13.24	67.48	17.16	2.432	0.090
Emotion	71.56	13.67	66.54	12.34	64.24	15.63	7.096	0.001* ²
Overall ChQOL	71.11	11.34	65.09	9.44	62.67	13.72	10.705	0.000** ³

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