Table 2.
Demographic factors associated with health-related quality of lifea
| Total MLHFQ score |
P-value | Physical MLHFQ score |
P-value | Emotional MLHFQ score |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | −0.070 | 0.420 | −0.043 | 0.620 | 0.024 | 0.777 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 48.6±19.7 | 0.227 | 24.0±9.8 | 0.075 | 10.1±6.0 | 0.264 |
| Female | 52.3±18.7 | 26.9±8.8 | 11.3±7.0 | |||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 50.9±20.4 | 0.810 | 25.1±9.6 | 0.810 | 10.4±6.4 | 0.824 |
| Unmarried | 50.1±18.8 | 25.5±9.4 | 10.8±6.6 | |||
| Education | −0.135 | 0.118 | −0.179 | 0.038 | −0.142 | 0.102 |
| Number of household members | 0.121 | 0.161 | 0.081 | 0.347 | 0.181 | 0.035 |
| Household income | −0.252 | 0.013 | −0.254 | 0.012 | −0.057 | 0.576 |
Notes:
a
Univariate analysis. HRQOL was assessed using the MLHFQ; higher scores represent more impaired HRQOL. Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation, Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient, or Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.
Abbreviations: MLHFQ, Minnesota Living with Heart Failure questionnaire; HRQOL, health-related quality of life.