Skip to main content

Table 1 Baseline socio-demographic characteristics overall and by Work Time Loss Category

From: Association between work time loss and quality of life in patients with Herpes Zoster: a pooled analysis of the MASTER studies

Variable

Work time loss category

Overallb

p-value

Work time lossa

No work time loss

Total n, %

247 (57.7)

147 (34.3)

428

-

Age at rash onset, years, mean (SD)

59.0 (7.4)

58.6 (7.1)

58.9 (7. 2)

0.674

Gender, female, n (%)

126 (51.0)

71 (48.3)

217 (50.7)

0.602

Age category at rash onset, years, n (%)

 50–59

148 (59.9)

95 (64.6)

263 (61.4)

 

 60–69

79 (32.0)

39 (26.5)

129 (30.1)

0.520

  ≥ 70

20 (8.1)

13 (8.8)

35 (8.2)

 

 Not Available

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.2)

 

Education, n (%)

 Primary school or less

54 (21.9)

25 (17.0)

86 (20.1)

 

 High school

77 (31.2)

51 (34.7)

139 (32.5)

0.485

 College/University

114 (46.2)

69 (46.9)

199 (46.5)

 

 Not Available

2 (0.8)

2 (1.4)

4 (0.9)

 

Geographic region, n (%)c

 Asia

77 (31.2)

52 (35.4)

140 (32.7)

 

 Latin America

91 (36.8)

33 (22.4)

128 (29.9)

0.010

 North America

79 (32.0)

62 (42.2)

160 (37.4)

 

Country category (income)d

 Upper-Middle

94 (38.1)

42 (28.6)

146 (34.1)

 

 High

93 (37.7)

64 (43.5)

171 (40.0)

0.079

 Not Available

60 (24.3)

41 (27.9)

111 (25.9)

 

Employment status, n (%)

 Full time

200 (81.0)

112 (76.2)

336 (78.5)

 

 Part time

47 (19.0)

35 (23.8)

92 (21.5)

0.258

Number of hours work overall/week

n

246

146

411

 

 Mean (SD)

39.3 (16.0)

38.3 (17.6)

38.8 (16.5)

0.395

Number of hours part time work/week

n

47

34

89

 

 Mean (SD)

23.3 (11.5)

22.9 (11.7)

23.6 (12.2)

0.939

Number of hours full time work /week

n

199

112

322

 

 Mean (SD)

43.1 (14.4)

43.0 (16.4)

43.0 (15.0)

0.703

Total number persons/household

n

243

145

421

 

 Mean (SD)

2.8 (1.6)

3.0 (1.9)

2.8 (1.7)

0.420

Type of household, n (%)

 Apartment

76 (30.8)

48 (32.7)

134 (31.3)

 

 House

170 (68.8)

97 (66.0)

291 (68.0)

0.838

 Other

1 (0.4)

1 (0.7)

2 (0.5)

 

 Not Available

0 (0.0)

1 (0.7)

1 (0.2)

 

Work effectiveness, mean percent, (SD)

50.3 (31.6)

71.4 (27.8)

56.0 (32.0)

<0.001

Work effectiveness category, n (%)

 100%

20 (8.1)

41 (27.9)

67 (15.7)

 

 50–90%

122 (49.4)

71 (48.3)

206 (48.1)

<0.001

 10–40%

61 (24.7)

19 (13.0)

87 (20.3)

 

 0%

37 (15.0)

7 (4.8)

10 (2.3)

 

 Not Available

7 (2.8)

9 (6.1)

18 (4.2)

 
  1. aPatients with Work Time Loss were defined as those who reported missing work due to their shingles episode (entire day or part of a day) at baseline, as assessed by the WPQ
  2. b34 patients did not have information on Work Time Loss Category
  3. cAsia = Korea, Taiwan, Thailand; Latin America = Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico; North America = Canada
  4. dCountry income classifications are based on the 2016 World Bank economic definitions [22]. High Income= Canada, South Korea, Taiwan, Argentina; Upper Middle Income= Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Thailand