Table 2 Health-related quality of life measures reported by the participants
Characteristic | Overall N = 9,148 | Socioeconomic status | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A and B N = 3,973 (5.1% and 38.4%) | C N = 4,630 (50,7%) | D and E N = 527 (5,6% and 0.1%) | |||
Self-evaluation of general health (N,%) | |||||
Very good | 2032 (22.2) | 1106 (27.8) | 842 (18.2) | 77 (14.6) | < 0.001 |
Good | 4587 (50.2) | 2077 (52.3) | 2294 (49.6) | 211 (40.0) | < 0.001 |
Regular | 2283 (25.0) | 725 (18.3) | 1340 (29.0) | 214 (40.6) | < 0.001 |
Bad | 186 ( 2.0) | 53 ( 1.3) | 111 ( 2.4) | 20 (3.8) | < 0.001 |
Proportion of participants reporting problems for EQ-5D dimensions (N,%) | |||||
mobility | 1044 (11.4) | 325 ( 8.2) | 612 (13.2) | 103 (19.5) | < 0.001 |
Self-care | 299 ( 3.3) | 78 ( 2.0) | 190 ( 4.1) | 30 (5.7) | 0.002 |
Usual activities | 1031 (11.3) | 350 ( 8.8) | 594 (12.8) | 85 (16.1) | < 0.001 |
Pain/discomfort | 4184 (45.7) | 1617 (40.7) | 2249 (48.6) | 308 (58.4) | < 0.001 |
anxiety/depression | 3032 (33.1) | 1237 (31.1) | 1577 (34.1) | 213 (40.4) | < 0.001 |
Health related quality-of life (mean ± SD) | |||||
EQ-VAS | 82.1 ± 15.9 | 84.0 ± 13.8 | 81.0 ± 17.0 | 78.3 ± 18.7 | < 0.001 |
EQ-5D-3L | 0.854 ± 0.15 | 0.874 ± 0.14 | 0.842 ± 0.15 | 0,804 ± 0.17 | < 0.001 |