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Table 4 Percentage of a general population sample reporting any problem by dimension, EQ-VAS & EQ index score by other demographic variables

From: EQ-5D-5L norms for the urban Chinese population in China

 

Mobility

Self-care

Usual activities

Pain/discomfort

Anxiety/depression

EQ-VAS (95%CI)

EQ-index (95%CI)

Highest education

 Primary school & lower(n = 138)

10.9%

1.4%

9.4%

37.0%

25.4%

84.8 (82.9, 86.8)

0.943 (0.924, 0.961)

 High school(n = 867)

5.4%

0.9%

4.1%

30.3%

24.6%

86.2 (85.5, 87.0)

0.959 (0.954, 0.963)

 College & above(n = 291)

3.8%

1.0%

3.4%

25.1%

34.4%

85.9 (84.7, 87.0)

0.959 (0.952, 0.965)

 P value

0.01

0.91

0.01

0.04

0.00

0.40

0.04

Employment status

 Full time employee(n = 382)

2.6%

0%

1.8%

28.3%

29.1%

87.5 (86.6, 88.5)

0.963 (0.957, 0.968)

 Part time & freelancer(n = 451)

4.2%

0.7%

4.7%

29.3%

26.6%

85.6 (84.5, 86.7)

0.960 (0.955, 0.966)

 Retired(n = 240)

13.3%

2.9%

7.1%

37.5%

16.7%

83.8 (82.2, 85.5)

0.948 (0.937, 0.958)

 Student(n = 132)

1.5%

0.8%

3.0%

17.4%

40.1%

88.7 (87.3, 90.0)

0.964 (0.957, 0.972)

 Others(n = 91)

11.0%

3.3%

11.0%

37.4%

26.4%

83.7 (80.7, 86.8)

0.930 (0.902, 0.957)

 P value

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Health Insurance

 With insurance (n = 1239)

5.7%

1.1%

4.4%

29.9%

26.8%

86.1 (85.5, 86.8)

0.957 (0.953, 0.961)

 Without insurance (n = 57)

3.5%

0%

7.0%

29.8%

28.1%

82.8 (79.4, 86.1)

0.953 (0.933, 0.974)

 P value

0.48

0.42

0.36

1.00

0.83

0.03

0.71

Residence of origin

 City(n = 757)

6.7%

1.1%

4.1%

31.2%

23.7%

85.6 (84.8, 86.5)

0.957 (0.952, 0.962)

 County(n = 86)

5.8%

1.2%

8.1%

32.6%

34.9%

85.4 (83.1, 87.7)

0.952 (0.941, 0.964)

 Township or village(n = 453)

3.8%

1.1%

4.6%

27.2%

30.7%

86.8 (85.8, 87.8)

0.957 (0.950, 0.965)

 P value

0.09

0.99

0.23

0.29

0.00

0.19

0.82

Cities

 Beijing

3.0%

0%

2.3%

28.2%

17.9%

88.5 (87.4, 89.7)

0.968 (0.962, 0.974)

 Chengdu

6.6%

1.2%

6.3%

34.8%

31.6%

84.9 (83.4, 86.5)

0.949 (0.941, 0.957)

 Guiyang

7.7%

1.2%

5.8%

21.8%

28.0%

86.0 (84.7, 87.2)

0.959 (0.949, 0.969)

 Nanjing

5.6%

1.5%

4.5%

36.7%

34.1%

85.2 (83.8, 86.6)

0.948 (0.939, 0.956)

 Shenyang

5.2%

1.6%

4.0%

27.6%

22.4%

85.4 (83.8, 87.0)

0.961 (0.952, 0.969)

 P value

0.21

0.41

0.21

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00