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Table 1 Distribution of the health district population and age. Distribution of the sample, age, gender, the TTO score and EQ VAS for the nine MHS

From: Measurement of health-related quality by multimorbidity groups in primary health care

 

Population

Sample

Clinical risk groups

main health statuses

N

32,667

N%

n 306

Males 46% mean age (years)

Females 54% mean age (years)

EQ 5D 3 L TTO score mean 95%CI

EQ VAS mean 95%CI

1. Healthy

17,601

53.9

50

41 (30)a

36 (29)a

0.93

[0.90, 0.96]

80.32

[75.94, 84.70]

2. History of significant acute disease

1696

5.2

40

32 (32)a

36 (33)a

0.87

[0.79, 0.94]

69.75

[63.73, 75.77]

3. Single minor chronic disease

3487

10.7

30

46 (41)a

44 (41)a

0.81

[0.70, 0.92]

65.83

[57.69, 73.98]

4. Minor chronic diseases in multiple organ systems

1333

4.1

31

56 (55)a

55 (54)a

0.77

[0.69, 0.85]

66.45

[61.73, 71.17]

5. Significant chronic disease

4803

14.7

30

47 (47)a

53 (51)a

0.75

[0.63, 0.86]

62

[54,27, 69,73]

6. Significant chronic diseases in multiple organ systems

3201

9.8

30

56 (64)a

65 (70)a

0.58

[0.46, 0.70]

55.83

[48.73, 62.94]

7. Dominant chronic disease in 3 or more organ systems

344

1.1

30

74 (75)a

77 (79)a

0.60

[0.48, 0.72]

57

[46.67, 67.33]

8. Dominant/Metastatic malignancy

99

0.3

33

67 (64)a

64 (64)a

0.59

[0.46, 0.73]

51.67

[44.01, 59.33]

9. Catastrophic

103

0.3

32

49 (48)a

52 (51)a

0.49

[0.33, 0.64]

53.13

[43.02, 63.23]

  1. TTO score Time Trade-Off score
  2. EQ VAS EQ Visual Analogue Scale
  3. CI confidence interval
  4. amean population age in brackets