Table 4.
Mean concern scores according to health-related variables
| Health-related variables | Na (%b) | Overall concern scores | Direct concern scores | Indirect concern scores | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | P value | Mean ± SD | P value | Mean ± SD | P value | ||
| Subjective health level | |||||||
| Good | 180,339 (90.62) | 3.77 ± 0.76 | 3.48 ± 0.94 | 3.97 ± 0.83 | |||
| Poor | 27,767 (9.38) | 4.04 ± 0.78 | < 0.001 | 3.86 ± 1.00 | < 0.001 | 4.15 ± 0.81 | < 0.001 |
| Subjective stress level | |||||||
| High | 45,814 (25.42) | 3.91 ± 0.73 | 3.60 ± 0.95 | 4.11 ± 0.78 | |||
| Low | 162,292 (74.58) | 3.76 ± 0.78 | < 0.001 | 3.49 ± 0.95 | < 0.001 | 3.94 ± 0.84 | < 0.001 |
| Hypertension diagnosis | |||||||
| Yes | 57,998 (20.91) | 3.93 ± 0.78 | 3.71 ± 0.97 | 4.08 ± 0.82 | |||
| No | 150,108 (79.09) | 3.76 ± 0.76 | < 0.001 | 3.47 ± 0.94 | < 0.001 | 3.96 ± 0.83 | < 0.001 |
| Diabetes diagnosis | |||||||
| Yes | 24,325 (8.96) | 3.96 ± 0.78 | 3.75 ± 0.99 | 4.09 ± 0.82 | |||
| No | 183,781 (91.04) | 3.78 ± 0.77 | < 0.001 | 3.49 ± 0.94 | < 0.001 | 3.98 ± 0.83 | < 0.001 |
| Annual unmet healthcare needs | |||||||
| Yes | 10,497 (4.78) | 3.86 ± 0.73 | 3.54 ± 0.96 | 4.08 ± 0.79 | |||
| No | 181,264 (86.02) | 3.82 ± 0.77 | 3.54 ± 0.95 | 4.00 ± 0.82 | |||
| N/A | 16,345 (9.20) | 3.61 ± 0.79 | < 0.001 | 3.28 ± 0.94 | < 0.001 | 3.82 ± 0.88 | < 0.001 |
Range of mean scores: 1–5, Higher scores indicate higher levels of concern
aUnweighted
bWeighted