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Table 5 Distribution of Hepatitis B Quality of Life subscale scores by some socio-demographic and disease-related characteristics of patientsa

From: Quality of life and related factors among chronic hepatitis B-infected patients: a multi-center study, Turkey

Variable

Psychological Well-Being

Anticipation anxiety

Vitality

Stigma

Vulnerability

Total score

Gender

p :<0,001

p :<0,001

p :<0,001

p:0,921

p :0,003

p :0,001

 Male

87,5 (70;97,5)

76,7 (56,7;93,3)

80 (64;92)

90 (73,3;100)

80 (60;93,3)

82,8 (67,1;92,8)

 Female

85 (65;95)

73,3 (50;93,3)

76 (60;88)

90 (73,3; 100)

80 (60;93,3)

80 (63,6;91,4)

Marriage status

p :0,001

p :<0,001

p:0,341

p :<0,001

p :<0,001

p :0,002

 Married

87,5 (70;95)

76,7 (56,7;93,3)

80 (64;88)

90 (73,3;100)

80 (60;93,3)

82,1 (67,1;92,8)

 Single

82,5 (65;95)

73,3 (50;90)

76 (60;92)

86,7 (66,7;100)

73,3 (53,3;93,3)

78,6 (62,8;90,7)

Education level

p:0,441

p :0,121

p :<0,001

p:0,001

p:0,089

p:0,881

 Elementery school and under

87,5 (67,5;95)

76,7 (53,3;93,3)

76 (60;88)

93,3 (73,3;100)

80 (60;93,3)

81,4 (65,7;93,6)

 Middle school

82,5 (68;95)

73,3 (50;90)

76 (64;88)

86,7 (66,7;100)

80 (53,3;93,3)

80,7 (62,8;91,4)

 High school

87,5 (70;95)

76,7 (54,2;90)

80 (64;92)

90 (73,3;100)

80 (60;93,3)

82,1 (67,8;92,8)

 University

85 (70;97,5)

76,7 (56,6;90)

80 (68;92)

90 (73,3;100)

80 (60;93,3)

82,1 (67,1;91,4)

Regular income

p :0,005

p :<0,001

p :<0,001

p :<0,001

p :<0,001

p:0,077

 Yes

90 (72,5;97,5)

80 (60;93,3)

80 (64;92)

93,3 (76,7;100)

80 (60;93,3)

84,3 (70;93,6)

 No

80 (62,5;95)

70 (46,7;86,7)

72 (56; 88)

86,7 (66,7;100)

73,3 (53,3;93,3)

77,1 (60,7;89,3)

Family members with hepatitis B

p:0,328

p :0,015

p :<0,001

p:0,082

p :0,002

p:0,097

 Present

85 (67,5;95)

73,3 (53,3;90)

76 (60;88)

90 (73,3;100)

80 (60;93,3)

80,7 (65;91,4)

 Not

87,5 (67,5;97,5)

76,7 (54,2;93,3)

80 (64;92)

90 (73,3;100)

80 (60;93,3)

82,9 (67,1;92,8)

Received treatment for hepatitis B

p :0,001

p:0,070

p:0,179

p:0,066

p:0,917

p :0,011

 Yes

85 (70;95)

76,7 (53,3;90)

76 (64;88)

90 (73,3;100)

80 (60;93,3)

80,7 (66,4;91,4)

 No

87,5 (67,5;95)

76,7 (53,3;93,3)

80 (64;88)

90 (73,3;100)

80 (60; 93,3)

82,1 (65;92,8)

Other chronic disease

p :0,003

p:0,385

p :<0,001

p:0,988

p :0,010

p :<0,001

 Present

85 (65;95)

76,7 (53,3;93,3)

72 (56;88)

90 (73,3;100)

80 (53,3;93,3)

79,3 (63,6;91,4)

 Not

87,5 (70;95)

76,7 (53,3;93,3)

80 (64;92)

90 (73,3;100)

80 (60;93,3)

82 (66,4;92,1)

Hospital type

p :<0,001

p :<0,001

p :<0,001

p :<0,001

p :<0,001

p :<0,001

 Training hospital

90 (72,5;95)

80 (60;93,3)

84 (68;88)

93,3 (76,7;100)

80 (66,7;93,3)

85,7 (70,7;93,6)

 University hospital

85 (65;97,5)

73,3 (50;86,7)

76 (60;88)

90 (70;100)

73,3 (53,3;93,3)

80 (63,6;90)

 Other

80 (62,5;95)

70 (46,7;86,7)

72 (56;88)

86,7 (63,3;100)

73,3 (53,3;86,7)

76,4 (59,3;88,6)

HBeAg status

p :<0,001

p:0,098

p :0,015

p :0,022

p :<0,001

p :<0,001

 Positive

82,5 (65;95)

73,3 (50;90)

76 (60;88)

86,7 (66,7;100)

73,3 (53,3;93,3)

79,3 (62,9;91,4)

 Negative

87,5 (67,5;95)

76,7 (53,3;93,3)

80 (64;88)

90 (73,3;100)

80 (60;93,3)

82,1 (66,4;92,1)

  1. aValues were not normally distributed; thus; median (% 25; % 75) scores are presented in cells, bold data reflected a statistical significance