Table 6.

Association of quality of life of patients with osteoarthritis with selected Sociodemographic variables n=150

Personal variable	PCS			MCS
	Poor	Good	P	Poor	Good	P
Age Group (Years)
45-50	30	7	0.620	13	24	0.820
51-55	38	9		19	28
56-60	17	4		7	14
61-65	32	13		14	31
Gender
Male	30	17	0.005*	15	32	0.554
Female	87	16		38	65
Religion
Hindu	95	19	0.005*	43	71	0.277
Muslim	22	14		10	26
Marital status
Married	98	33	0.047*	46	85	0.909
Divorced/separated	2	0		1	1
Widow/Widower	17	0		6	11
Dietary Habits
Vegetarian	89	17	0.006*	39	67	0.562
Non-Vegetarian	28	16		14	30
Educational status
No formal education	45	1	0.000*	21	25	0.000*
Primary	52	28		16	64
Secondary	18	4		14	8
Sr. Secondary	2	0		2	0
Residential area
Rural	68	23	0.229	31	60	0.687
Urban	49	10		22	37
Chronic Illness
Yes	49	0	0.000*	19	30	0.539
No	68	33		34	67
BMI
<18.5	10	0	0.219	2	8	0.071
18.5-24.9	70	22		39	53
25.0-29.9	37	11		12	36
Exercise (at least 30 min)
No	64	1	0.000*	41	24	0.000*
Yes	53	32		12	73
Type of family
Nuclear	56	18	0.313	22	52	0.024*
Joint	47	14		21	40
Extended	14	1		10	5
Family Monthly income (in Rupees)
≤20,000	36	3	0.001*	20	19	0.051
20,001-40,000	35	21		16	40
>40,000	46	9		17	38
Occupation status
Unemployed	78	15	0.003*	32	61	0.089
Private Job	8	10		4	14
Government Job	9	3		2	10
Own business	15	5		11	9
Agriculture	7	0		4	3
Duration of Osteoarthritis
1-5 year	55	28	0.001*	26	57	0.032*
6-10 year	55	5		27	33
>10 year	7	0		0	7

PCS-Physical component summary score (PF, RP, BP, GH). *Significant P<0.05. MCS- Mental component summary score (MH, RE, VT, SF)