Table 2.
Descriptive data on the SF-36 mean scores for each subscale by gender, age, education, marital, and working status.
| Age (years) | Gender | Marital Status | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scales | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50 + | P value | Male | Female | P value | Single/Divorced | Married | P value |
| PF | 79.32(20.99) | 78.23(22.96) | 76.33(19.71) | 67.86(21.44) | 0.025* | 80.0(20.4) | 73.5(22.6) | 0.018* | 77.3(22.8) | 77.6(20.7) | 0.785 |
| REP | 67.83(35.93) | 70.61(37.54) | 68.88(35.18) | 65.83(36.83) | 0.159 | 70.3(36.2) | 65.6()35.9 | 0.308 | 68.3(36.6) | 68.5(35.9) | 0.995 |
| REE | 57.75(38.16) | 63.69 (40.83) | 68.70 (39.91) | 64.36 (41.72) | 0.105 | 60.4(39.2) | 64.4(40.1) | 0.439 | 53.9(39.3) | 67.3(38.9) | 0.008* |
| VT | 56.42(16.09) | 58.30 (20.76) | 56.83 (18.22) | 55.16 (17.19) | 0.411 | 57.9(17.7) | 55.0(17.6) | 0.193 | 55.7(16.4) | 57.3(18.4) | 0.485 |
| MH | 57.62(17.27) | 65.35(17.12) | 63.26(18.28) | 69.46(17.08) | 0.001* | 60.9(17.8) | 63.3(17.9) | 0.301 | 56.4(18.4) | 65.3(17.9) | 0.001* |
| SF | 71.76(20.19) | 73.66(22.69) | 77.29(18.16) | 71.25(23.70) | 0.367 | 71.9(21.2) | 75.2(20.2) | 0.207 | 71.2(20.9) | 74.4(20.8) | 0.24 |
| BP | 77.09(21.14) | 76.91(22.72) | 77.90(19.48) | 70.25(21.71) | 0.664 | 78.9(20.3) | 72.5(22.2) | 0.018 | 78.1(21.4) | 75.3(21.2) | 0.3 |
| GH | 59.82(12.87) | 62.45(18.80) | 56.32(19.19) | 54.48(16.86) | 0.065 | 72.5(22.2) | 60.7(16.2) | 0.04* | 61.1(14.0) | 57.8(17.6) | 0.128 |
| PCS | 70.97(16.80) | 72.46(20.91) | 69.85(18.67) | 63.88(20.49) | 0.238 | 72.67(17.77) | 66.70(19.42) | .014* | 69.42(19.05) | 71.48(18.13) | .401 |
| MCS | 60.73(16.90) | 65.59(20.12) | 66.52(18.31) | 64.85(20.90) | 0.191 | 62.83(18.80) | 64.32(18.05) | .535 | 59.10(17.67) | 66.18(18.43) | .003* |
| Working status | Highest Education Attained | ||||||||||
| Scale | Employed | Student | Housewife | Unemployed | P value | Secondary | Bachelor Degree | Master | PhD | P value | |
| PF | 80.1 (19.7) | 77.3 (22.1) | 76.6(20.9) | 55.7(22.6) | 0.038* | 73.2(25.9) | 78.8 (18.5) | 77.4 (23.4) | 81.2(17.9) | 0.293 | |
| REP | 68.6(38.2) | 69.1(35.9) | 67.2(34.3) | 60.7(37.8) | 0.939 | 62.5 (37.0) | 68.6(35.9) | 76.1(35.7) | 67.6(35.2) | 0.289 | |
| REE | 64.8(40.7) | 57.4 (39.6) | 66.7(39.7) | 76.2(37.0) | 0.32 | 58.9(38.9) | 62.8 (39.8) | 64.4(39.6) | 60.2 (42.2) | 0.89 | |
| VT | 57.8(18.6) | 56.3(16.7) | 56.5(20.0) | 53.6(9.9) | 0.906 | 55.0 (16.5) | 56.1 (17.6) | 58.6 (17.5) | 60.4 (21.4) | 0.496 | |
| MH | 65.23(16.5) | 58.5 (17.1) | 62.7(20.0) | 73.7(19.7) | 0.017* | 57.2(18.2) | 61.6 (18.7) | 66.3 (141) | 65.8(17.5) | 0.036* | |
| SF | 72.6(20.9) | 72.2 (20.6) | 75.3(21.3) | 78.6(20.0) | 0.746 | 72.1(21.7) | 73.7(20.6) | 74.2(18.2) | 71.3(24.9) | 0.907 | |
| BP | 74.1(21.8) | 79.7 (20.4) | 71.6(21.8) | 73.6(24.4) | 0.093 | 73.0 (22.2) | 75.8 (22.2) | 81.3(18.1) | 77.9(19.3) | 0.239 | |
| GH | 59.0(17.6) | 60.9(14.8) | 55.7(17.94) | 55.0(9.6) | 0.283 | 59.3(15.9) | 57.9 (15.6) | 60.7(16.8) | 61.7(19.3) | 0.649 | |
| PCS | 70.23(18.92) | 71.90(18.04) | 67.47(19.32) | 61.25(20.92) | 0.314 | 67.17(20.25) | 70.10(18.06) | 73.87(17.70) | 71.56(19.09) | 0.325 | |
| MCS | 65.30(19.59) | 60.93(17.65) | 65.26(18.84) | 70.51(17.80) | 0.228 | 60.54(17.06) | 63.56(18.72) | 66.33(17.19) | 64.20(22.92) | 0.445 | |
* p value significant at 0.05