Table 4.

Discriminative ability of the HSTCM in terms of levels of health status

		Scores of the HSTCM
	No.	Mean	SD	95%CI
1. Self-reported general health status
Good/very good	268	90.18	18.56	87.86–92.69
Neither poor nor good	263	114.46	19.16	112.46–117.40
Poor/very poor	78	132.92	21.50	128.03–137.80
Missing value	2	-	-	-
2. Self-reported health status change
Better	102	93.92	24.21	88.92–99.82
No change	283	102.17	22.72	99.73–105.44
Worse	226	116.25	22.50	113.54–119.76
Missing value	0	-	-	-
3. Degree of medical needs
Not at all/a little	331	97.56	21.33	94.47–99.42
A moderate amount	189	115.97	22.17	113.36–119.86
A great amount	88	117.20	26.98	113.44–125.45
Missing value	3	-	-	-

Self-reported general health status is item 21 of the HSTCM; self-reported health status change is item 22 of the HSTCM; degree of medical needs is item 4 of the WHOQOL-BREF.