Table 2 Percentage of the elderly reporting moderate and severe problems on each EQ-5D dimension by ethnicity
EQ-5D dimensions | Ethnic group | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zhuang | Yao | Miao | Dong | Mulao | Maonan | Jing | Han | ||
Mobility (%) | |||||||||
Moderate problems | 11.0 | 16.7 | 20.0 | 20.1 | 24.4 | 16.8 | 14.9 | 17.4 | 17.1 |
Severe problems | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
Self-care (%) | |||||||||
Moderate problems | 2.8 | 6.9 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 5.9 |
Severe problems | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
Usual activities (%) | |||||||||
Moderate problems | 8.4 | 14.7 | 15.2 | 16.2 | 17.6 | 12.0 | 9.5 | 13.3 | 13.0 |
Severe problems | 0.9 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
Pain/Discomfort (%) | |||||||||
Moderate problems | 31.6 | 27.8 | 30.3 | 26.1 | 32.7 | 33.3 | 32.6 | 27.8 | 30.4 |
Severe problems | 2.0 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
Anxiety/Depression (%) | |||||||||
Moderate problems | 15.1 | 26.9 | 21.1 | 24.2 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 21.6 | 30.8 | 20.3 |
Severe problems | 1.4 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
VAS score (Mean) | 73.2 | 67.1 | 68.1 | 68.6 | 69.9 | 70.7 | 69.7 | 66.7 | 69.8 |
Index value (Mean) | 0.89 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.86 |