Table 3.
Associations between baseline health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and psychosocial variables, and 6 month HRQoL (N=294)
| |
|
|
Physical HRQoL |
|
|
Mental HRQoL |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Characteristic |
N |
Mean (SD) |
Mean difference |
p |
Mean (SD) |
Mean difference |
p |
| (95% CI) | (95% CI) | ||||||
| HRQoL (0–100)a |
294 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Physical HRQoL |
|
- |
0.5 (0.4, 0.6) |
<0.001 |
- |
0.1 (0.0, 0.3) |
0.04 |
| Mental HRQoL |
|
- |
0.2 (0.1, 0.3) |
<0.001 |
- |
0.4 (0.4, 0.5) |
<0.001 |
| Physical Functioning (PF) |
|
- |
0.4 (0.3, 0.5) |
<0.001 |
- |
0.2 (0.1, 0.3) |
<0.001 |
| Role Physical (RP) |
|
- |
0.3 (0.2, 0.4) |
<0.001 |
- |
0.2 (0.0, 0.3) |
0.01 |
| Bodily Pain (BP) |
|
- |
0.2 (0.1, 0.3) |
<0.001 |
- |
0.2 (0.1, 0.2) |
<0.01 |
| General Health (GH) |
|
- |
0.7 (0.6, 0.8) |
<0.001 |
- |
0.3 (0.2, 0.5) |
<0.001 |
| Vitality (VT) |
|
- |
0.4 (0.3, 0.5) |
<0.001 |
- |
0.4 (0.3, 0.5) |
<0.001 |
| Social Functioning (SF) |
|
- |
0.2 (0.1, 0.3) |
<0.001 |
- |
0.3 (0.2, 0.4) |
<0.001 |
| Role Emotional (RE) |
|
- |
0.2 (0.1, 0.3) |
<0.001 |
- |
0.3 (0.2, 0.3) |
<0.001 |
| Mental Health (MH) |
|
- |
0.3 (0.2, 0.4) |
<0.001 |
- |
0.5 (0.4, 0.6) |
<0.001 |
| Anxiousb (range 0–21) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No (0–7) |
205 |
46.7 (10.9) |
|
|
53.6 (8.7) |
|
|
| Yes (8–21) |
88 |
42.8 (11.5) |
-4.0 (-6.8, -1.2) |
<0.01 |
43.3 (12.9) |
-10.3 (-12.8, -7.7) |
<0.001 |
| Depressedb (range 0–21) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No (0–7) |
241 |
46.7 (10.9) |
|
|
53.0 (8.5) |
|
|
| Yes (8–21) |
52 |
40.2 (11.5) |
-6.6 (-9.9, -3.3) |
<0.001 |
39.2 (14.5) |
-13.8 (-16.7, -10.8) |
<0.001 |
| Social Supporta,b (range 10–34) | 293 | - | 0.4 (0.2, 0.7) | <0.001 | - | 0.6 (0.4, 0.9) | <0.001 |
aHigher scores indicate greater functioning. bDue to missing data N=293.