Table 5.
Discriminate ability of the domains in terms of levels of health status
| No | Scores of PFNE | Scores of SP | Scores of SE | |||||||
| Mean | SD | 95%CI | Mean | SD | 95%CI | Mean | SD | 95%CI | ||
| 1. Self-reported general health status | ||||||||||
| Good/very good | 268 | 34.8 | 8.80 | 33.5–35.8 | 27.9 | 6.85 | 27.3–29.0 | 27.5 | 7.59 | 26.5–28.5 |
| Neither poor nor good | 263 | 45.3 | 9.82 | 44.4–46.9 | 36.6 | 6.60 | 35.9–37.6 | 32.6 | 7.68 | 31.5–33.5 |
| Poor/very poor | 78 | 51.2 | 11.77 | 49.1–54.6 | 44.4 | 6.78 | 42.9–45.9 | 36.5 | 8.09 | 34.8–38.6 |
| Missing value | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Self-reported health status change | ||||||||||
| Better | 102 | 38.0 | 11.15 | 35.4–40.3 | 27.0 | 8.46 | 25.6–29.4 | 28.9 | 8.35 | 27.2–30.9 |
| No change | 283 | 39.4 | 11.07 | 38.3–41.1 | 32.9 | 7.87 | 32.1–34.0 | 29.8 | 8.03 | 28.8–30.8 |
| Worse | 226 | 45.5 | 10.90 | 44.2–47.3 | 37.8 | 7.79 | 36.8–39.0 | 33.0 | 8.26 | 31.8–34.1 |
| Missing value | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Degree of medical needs | ||||||||||
| Not at all/a little | 331 | 37.8 | 9.61 | 36.3–38.6 | 30.8 | 8.04 | 30.0–31.7 | 29.0 | 7.87 | 27.8–29.6 |
| A moderate amount | 189 | 46.0 | 11.25 | 44.8–48.0 | 37.2 | 7.60 | 36.3–38.6 | 32.7 | 7.94 | 31.6–33.9 |
| A great amount | 88 | 45.7 | 13.30 | 43.6–49.6 | 37.4 | 9.56 | 36.1–40.3 | 34.1 | 8.95 | 32.6–36.6 |
| 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.
PFNE: physical function under natural environment domain
SP: spirit domain
SE: social and environment domain