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Table 2 Generic health-related quality of life scores: Interviewer- versus Self-administration and Large- versus Small print

From: Interviewer versus self-administered health-related quality of life questionnaires - Does it matter?

Health-related quality of life domain

 

Interviewer- versus Self-administration

Large versus Standard print format

 

Total

(23,420 visits)

Interview

(6,910 visits)

Self

(16,510 visits)

Adjusted difference* (95% CI)

Large (224 visits)

Standard

(16,286 visits)

Adjusted difference* (95% CI)

MOS-HIV Health Survey

       

General health perceptions, mean

63.9

62.1

64.7

-1.7 (-3.2, -0.1), p = 0.03

65.5

64.7

-0.2 (-3.6, 3.2), p = 0.9

Physical function

71.2

69.4

72.0

-1.6 (-3.4, 0.3), p = 0.1

68.0

72.0

-3.3 (-7.4, 0.9), p = 0.1

Role function

52.1

46.7

54.4

-6.8 (-9.9, -3.7), p < 0.001

54.7

54.4

-2.6 (-9.5, 4.3), p = 0.5

Social function

74.9

72.2

76.1

-3.9 (-5.8, -2.1), p < 0.001

72.9

76.1

-0.6 (-5.0, 3.8), p = 0.8

Cognitive function

76.6

77.0

76.4

-1.1 (-2.6, 0.4), p = 0.2

75.0

76.4

-0.2 (-3.7, 3.4), p = 0.9

Pain

67.0

66.6

67.2

0.5 (-1.3, 2.4), p = 0.6

62.4

67.3

-3.4 (-7.5, 0.7), p = 0.1

Mental health

43.3

43.8

43.2

0.0 (-0.9, 1.0), p = 0.9

44.0

43.2

0.8 (-1.6, 3.3), p = 0.5

Energy

56.4

54.6

57.2

-0.7 (-2.4, 1.0), p = 0.4

54.6

57.2

-2.8 (-6.6, 1.0), p = 0.2

Quality of life

66.3

65.1

66.8

-0.5 (-1.9, 1.0), p = 0.5

65.7

66.8

-3.1 (-6.6, 0.5), p = 0.09

Health transition

59.8

59.1

60.1

-0.2 (-1.5, 1.2), p = 0.8

59.8

60.1

-1.2 (-4.7, 2.3), p = 0.5

Health utility

       

Feeling Thermometer

73.8

72.7

74.2

-1.4 (-2.7, -0.1), p = 0.03

75.3

74.2

1.4 (-1.5, 4.3), p = 0.3

EuroQol - 5D

0.80

0.79

0.80

-0.01 (-0.02, 0.01), p = 0.3

0.78

0.80

-0.02 (-0.05, 0.01), p = 0.1

  1. * Adjusted for study site, sex, current age, and time-varying covariates CD4+ T cells, HIV viral load, and visual acuity.