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Table 1 Demographics characteristics of the sample

From: Obtaining EQ-5D-3L utility index from the health status scale of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM-HSS) based on a mapping study

Variance

Overall

N (%)

Training#

N1 (%)

Validation# (%)

N2 (%)

N (%)

639 (100)

426 (66.67)

213 (33.33)

Age-mean (SD)

45.24 (18.26)

45.09 (18.3)

45.54 (18.22)

BMI-mean (SD)

23.23 (3.46)

23.15 (3.36)

23.38 (3.66)

Gender

 Male

245 (38.34)

164 (38.50)

81 (38.03)

 Female

394 (61.66)

262 (61.50)

132 (61.97)

Consultation

 Clinic

356 (55.71)

234 (54.93)

122 (57.28)

 Hospitalized

283 (44.29)

192 (45.07)

91 (42.72)

Smoking

 Never

495 (77.46)

327 (76.76)

168 (78.87)

 Occasionally

56 (8.76)

36 (8.45)

20 (9.39)

 Frequently

65 (10.17)

48 (11.27)

17 (7.98)

 Quit smoking

23 (3.6)

15 (3.52)

8 (3.76)

Drinking

 Never

381 (59.62)

259 (60.8)

122 (57.28)

 Occasionally

206 (32.24)

133 (31.22)

73 (34.27)

 Frequently

34 (5.32)

22 (5.16)

12 (5.63)

 Quit drinking

18 (2.82)

12 (2.82)

6 (2.82)

Dieting

 Never

156 (24.41)

95 (22.30)

61 (28.64)

 Sometimes

333 (52.11)

224 (52.58)

109 (51.17)

 Frequently

150 (23.47)

107 (25.12)

43 (20.19)

Excising

 Never

125 (19.56)

84 (19.72)

41 (19.25)

 Sometimes

414 (64.79)

271 (63.62)

143 (67.14)

 Frequently

100 (15.65)

71 (16.67)

29 (13.62)

Employment

 Employed

338 (52.9)

224 (52.58)

114 (53.52)

 Unemployed

131 (20.5)

86 (20.19)

45 (21.13)

 Retirement

170 (26.6)

116 (27.23)

54 (25.35)

Insurance

 Employee

403 (63.07)

268 (62.91)

135 (63.38)

 Resident

187 (29.26)

124 (29.11)

63 (29.58)

 Others

30 (4.69)

22 (5.16)

8 (3.76)

 No

19 (2.97)

12 (2.82)

7 (3.29)

Marriage

 Unmarried

151 (23.63)

108 (25.35)

43 (20.19)

 Married

457 (71.52)

298 (69.95)

159 (74.65)

 Widowed

18 (2.82)

9 (2.11)

9 (4.23)

 Divorced

13 (2.03)

11 (2.58)

2 (0.94)

Income_m$

 < 1000

120 (18.78)

79 (18.54)

41 (19.25)

 1000–4999

277 (43.35)

172 (40.38)

105 (49.30)

 5000–9999

183 (28.64)

130 (30.52)

53 (24.88)

 ≥ 10,000

59 (9.23)

45 (10.56)

14 (6.57)

Education

 Junior or below

186 (29.11)

114 (26.76)

72 (33.80)

 Senior or secondary

159 (24.88)

107 (25.12)

52 (24.41)

 Tertiary

101 (15.81)

64 (15.02)

37 (17.37)

 Undergraduate

158 (24.73)

114 (26.72)

44 (20.66)

 Master or above

35 (5.48)

27 (6.34)

8 (3.76)

  1. #Training set and validation set
  2. $Income of one month
  3. N, number of respondents; SD, standard deviation