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 4 EQ-VAS scores by different characteristics

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

	Total			Female (n = 964)		Male (n = 603)
	Mean	SD	p-value	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Total	87.4	14.3		87.1^a	14.2	88.0	14.6
Age groups
15–24	88.5	15.8	<0.01	87.1	18.0	90.5	11.6
25–34	88.1	14.5		88.6	12.3	87.3	17.3
35–44	87.5	12.4		87.2	12.6	88.1	12.1
45–54	85.8	15.0		85.3	14.5	86.9	15.8
55–64	86.4	13.1		85.8	13.5	87.4	12.6
65+	83.3	13.7		82.6	12.3	83.9	16.3
Marital status
Single	88.2	16.3	<0.01	87.6	16.9	88.9	15.7
Live with spouse/partner	87.2	13.1		86.9	12.9	87.7	13.4
Divorce/Separate/Widow	82.3	18.5		85.3	16.2	77.3	21.8
Education
Secondary school or less	86.3	12.3	<0.01	85.1	12.2	88.2	12.3
High school	87.2	13.4		87.3	12.3	87.2	15.1
Undergraduate	88.1	14.9		87.5	15.5	89.2	13.9
Postgraduate	83.5	20.1		85.8	14.5	81.7	23.8
Occupation
Student	88.0	16.0	<0.01	86.4	18.4	90.6	10.6
Blue-collar	88.0	12.9		87.4	12.4	88.6	13.4
White-collar	89.2	14.0		88.7	13.4	90.1	15.0
Retired	83.5	12.5		84.5	11.4	82.7	13.8
Housework	86.1	13.4		86.5	12.4	79.7	23.4
Unemployed	84.1	15.4		86.2	11.6	82.7	17.7
Others (freelancers, farmers, etc.)	85.6	16.0		85.4	15.7	85.7	16.3
Income quintiles
Poorest	86.4	13.3	0.24	86.2	13.6	86.9	12.9
Poor	86.2	16.7		86.1	17.1	86.6	16.1
Middle	88.7	10.8		88.2	11.4	89.8	9.3
Rich	87.2	15.8		88.2	10.3	85.9	21.0
Richest	86.9	17.7		86.6	17.7	87.1	17.7
Living locations
Rural	90.2	10.0	<0.01	88.5	10.9	92.2	8.4
Urban	87.0	14.9	<0.01	86.9	14.6	87.2	15.4
Having acute symptoms in the last 4 weeks
Yes	75.8	17.9	<0.01	73.1	18.4	85.5	12.2
No	87.7	14.1	<0.01	87.5	13.8	88.0	14.7
Having chronic diseases in the last 3 months
Yes	78.1	18.5	<0.01	79.8	15.1	75.0	23.1
No	88.0	13.8	<0.01	87.6	14.0	88.8	13.6
Number of health issues
0	88.3	13.6	<0.01	87.9	13.7	88.9	13.6
1	78.5	18.0		79.4	15.6	76.7	21.9
2	70.5	17.1		69.4	18.2	75.0	21.2
Using health services in the last 12 months
Yes	82.3	19.2	<0.01	82.1	18.7	82.5	20.0
No	88.7	12.6	<0.01	88.2	12.7	89.6	12.3

^a p-value = 0.04 (Mann-Whitney test): compare the difference of EQ-VAS score between male and female

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