Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 9 Differences between facet and domain scores in healthy and patient adjusted for gender and age

From: Development and validation of the Chinese Quality of Life Instrument

	Mean facet / domain scores
ChQOL facets	Healthy subjects N = 80		Out-patients N = 91		In-patients N = 102		F	P-value ¹
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Ch1.1 Complexion	61.67	15.58	56.52	17.92	51.27	21.14	6.791	0.001** ⁵
Ch1.2 Sleep	67.29	19.88	58.24	22.00	54.74	23.50	7.338	0.001** ³
Ch1.3 Stamina	65.79	15.84	57.48	16.90	49.26	21.17	17.655	0.000** ²
Ch1.4 Appetite & digestion	69.53	17.38	67.79	18.23	59.80	19.02	7.223	0.001** ⁴
Ch1.5 Adaptation to climate	67.93	17.30	65.84	17.83	61.52	21.46	2.263	0.106
Ch2.1 Consciousness	73.33	16.31	72.80	17.52	68.98	19.48	1.488	0.228
Ch2.2 Thinking	67.81	14.54	64.34	17.23	61.13	18.94	3.162	0.044* ⁵
Ch2.3 Spirit of the eyes	70.89	15.07	68.54	16.70	62.38	21.43	4.998	0.007** ⁵
Ch2.4 Verbal expression	76.58	15.93	74.86	18.68	72.18	20.20	1.152	0.317
Ch3.1 Joy	66.72	15.75	63.80	17.44	60.05	17.72	3.372	0.036* ⁵
Ch3.2 Anger	59.44	17.95	54.18	17.44	51.03	17.25	5.197	0.006** ⁵
Ch3.3 Depressed mood	73.02	17.69	72.07	17.06	65.36	19.86	5.355	0.005** ⁴
Ch3.4 Fear & Anxiety	82.92	17.78	80.31	19.02	76.06	20.30	3.143	0.045* ⁵
ChQOL domains
Physical form	66.64	12.54	61.18	13.04	55.32	15.85	14.087	0.000** ²
Spirit	72.02	12.97	70.14	15.00	66.20	17.85	2.954	0.054
Emotion	70.52	14.52	67.59	14.30	63.13	14.90	6.269	0.002** ⁵
Overall ChQOL	69.84	11.26	66.30	11.73	61.50	13.61	9.781	0.000** ⁴

**significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
* significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
¹Scheffe and Dunnett T3 tests are used for post-hoc analysis.
²The difference is significant for the group (1,2), (1,3) and (2,3).
³The difference is significant for the group (1,2), (1,3).
⁴The difference is significant for the group (1,3), (2,3).
⁵The difference is significant for the group (1,3).

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