Table 2.
Quality of Life 6 Months After Discharge in Patients With vs Without Fully Achieved Expectations
| Variable | WHOQOL-BREF Domain Scores |
EQ-5D-5L Utility Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Health | Psychological Health | Social Relationships | Environmental Health | ||
| Met health expectations | 75 (68-94) | 79 (69-94) | 80 (69-94) | 80 (75-94) | 0.89 (0.82-1.0) |
| Unmet health expectations | 57 (44-75) | 68 (63-75) | 72 (63-75) | 70 (63-75) | 0.70 (0.60-0.84) |
| Estimated difference (95% CI)a | 19 (12-25) | 12 (6-18) | 6 (0-13) | 12 (6-13) | 0.17 (0.14-0.21) |
| Mann-Whitney U test, P valueb | 3,473, < .001 | 3,221, < .001 | 2,844, .02 | 3,159, < .001 | 3,626, < .001 |
Data are presented as median (interquartile range), unless otherwise indicated. WHOQOL-BREF = World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief Version.
a
Estimated via the Hodges Lehmann estimator for the difference between two populations.
b
The assumption of normality in the distribution of quality of life measures was rejected based on the Shapiro-Wilk normality test.