Quality of life profile of general Vietnamese population using EQ-5D-5L

Nguyen, Long Hoang; Tran, Bach Xuan; Hoang Le, Quynh Ngoc; Tran, Tung Thanh; Latkin, Carl A.

doi:10.1186/s12955-017-0771-0

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 3 EQ-5D-5L utility scores by different characteristics

From: Quality of life profile of general Vietnamese population using EQ-5D-5L

	Total			Female		Male
	Mean	SD	p-value	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Total	0.91	0.15		0.91^a	0.14	0.92	0.15
Age groups
15–24	0.92	0.14	<0.01	0.92	0.14	0.92	0.15
25–34	0.92	0.13		0.92	0.14	0.94	0.12
35–44	0.91	0.14		0.90	0.14	0.91	0.14
45–54	0.90	0.17		0.90	0.16	0.90	0.20
55–64	0.88	0.16		0.87	0.16	0.89	0.15
65+	0.81	0.25		0.83	0.16	0.84	0.24
Marital status
Single	0.92	0.15	<0.01	0.92	0.14	0.93	0.15
Live with spouse/partner	0.91	0.14		0.90	0.14	0.91	0.14
Divorce/Separate/Widow	0.84	0.20		0.86	0.18	0.80	0.23
Education
Secondary school or less	0.90	0.16	0.91	0.89	0.16	0.92	0.16
High school	0.91	0.14		0.90	0.15	0.93	0.14
Undergraduate	0.91	0.14		0.91	0.14	0.91	0.15
Postgraduate	0.90	0.15		0.89	0.16	0.90	0.14
Occupation
Student	0.90	0.15	<0.01	0.90	0.16	0.90	0.16
Blue-collar	0.93	0.14		0.91	0.14	0.94	0.13
White-collar	0.92	0.14		0.92	0.13	0.93	0.15
Retired	0.85	0.16		0.86	0.16	0.85	0.17
Housework	0.88	0.16		0.88	0.16	0.84	0.18
Unemployed	0.89	0.18		0.88	0.18	0.90	0.18
Others (freelancers, farmers, etc.)	0.94	0.12		0.94	0.11	0.94	0.14
Income quintiles
Poorest	0.88	0.17	<0.01	0.88	0.17	0.89	0.16
Poor	0.90	0.15		0.89	0.14	0.91	0.17
Middle	0.92	0.14		0.91	0.14	0.92	0.13
Rich	0.93	0.11		0.94	0.10	0.93	0.12
Richest	0.94	0.15		0.94	0.10	0.94	0.17
Living locations
Rural	0.91	0.13	0.89	0.89	0.15	0.94	0.11
Urban	0.91	0.15	0.89	0.91	0.14	0.91	0.16
Having acute symptoms in the past 4 weeks
Yes	0.87	0.17	0.09	0.85	0.18	0.94	0.10
No	0.91	0.15	0.09	0.91	0.14	0.92	0.15
Having chronic diseases in the past 3 months
Yes	0.83	0.19	<0.01	0.82	0.18	0.83	0.20
No	0.91	0.15	<0.01	0.91	0.14	0.92	0.14
Number of health issues
0	0.92	0.15	<0.01	0.91	0.14	0.92	0.14
1	0.85	0.18		0.85	0.17	0.84	0.19
2	0.78	0.25		0.72	0.25	1.00^b	0.00
Using health services in the past 12 months
Yes	0.91	0.15	0.07	0.91	0.14	0.92	0.14
No	0.89	0.16	0.07	0.89	0.16	0.91	0.16

^a p-value = 0.03 (Mann-Whitney test): compare the difference of utility score between male and female
^b There are only two males in this category

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