Victimisation, poly-victimisation and health-related quality of life among high school students in Vietnam: a cross-sectional survey

Table 2 Summary statistics for 10 domains of the DHP-A among Vietnamese high school students

Variables	Girls			Boys			Total sample
	Mean ± SD		P- value	Mean ± SD		P- value	Mean ± SD		P- value
	This sample	Comparison^a,b		This sample	Comparison^a,b		This sample	Comparison^a,b
Physical health**	63.5 ± 19.8	80	<0.001	74.3 ± 18.3	86	<0.001	69.3 ± 19.7	83	<0.001
Mental health**	52.8 ± 21.3	71	<0.001	63.1 ± 21.9	75	<0.001	58.4 ± 22.2	73	<0.001
Social health**	64.0 ± 18.9	56	<0.001	69.2 ± 18.2	59	<0.001	66.8 ± 18.7	58	<0.001
Perceived health**	63.3 ± 34.1	58	<0.001	68.8 ± 32.7	62	<0.001	66.3 ± 33.4	60	<0.001
General health**	60.1 ± 14.6	70	<0.001	69.0 ± 14.4	73	<0.001	64.9 ± 15.2	72	<0.001
Self-esteem**	62.6 ± 20.3	66	<0.001	71.9 ± 18.7	69	<0.001	67.6 ± 20.0	68	0.42
Anxiety**	40.0 ± 18.1			32.2 ± 19.0			35.8 ± 18.9
Depression**	45.4 ± 21.1			35.3 ± 22.0			40.0 ± 22.2
Pain**	40.1 ± 31.5			31.3 ± 30.7			35.4 ± 31.4
Disability	91.5 ± 21.9			89.5 ± 25.7			90.4 ± 24.0

SD standard deviation
**p < 0.001 in t-tests for differences between girls and boys
^aThe comparison was from Hanh et al.’s study among 1408 adolescents aged 12–19 years in Vietnam [26]
^bComparisons for anxiety, depression, pain and disability domains were not possible due to differences in creating these domains between the two studies

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