Table 3 Medically downgraded status and quality of life in terms of self‐perception of health and limited activities (only full questionnaire).
| Medically downgraded (n = 169) | Not medically downgraded (n = 1213) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Vigorous activity limited by health (a little or a lot) | 74 | (43.8) | 29 | (2.4) |
| Health has interfered with social activities (quite a bit or extremely) | 46 | (27.2) | 80 | (6.6) |
| Health has meant cutting down on time at work | 39 | (23.1) | 97 | (8.0) |
| Health has meant less is accomplished at work | 61 | (36.1) | 163 | (13.4) |
| Health has limited the kind of work performed | 86 | (50.9) | 132 | (10.9) |
| Health has caused difficulty in performing work | 65 | (38.5) | 140 | (11.5) |
| At least one of the limitations above | 119 | (70.4) | 325 | (26.8) |
| Seem to get ill more easily than other people (definitely or mostly true) | 25 | (14.8) | 70 | (5.8) |
| Expect my health to get worse (definitely or mostly true) | 83 | (49.1) | 282 | (23.2) |
| Self‐perception of health (poor or fair) | 62 | (36.7) | 117 | (9.6) |
All comparisons p<0.001.