Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics and total EUROHIS-QOL scores in the developmental and validation samples
| Variable |
Sample (
n
) |
t /Chi-square | p -value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developmental (6993) | Validation (2994) | |||
| ≥ 50 years: n (%) |
5285 (75.6) |
2280 (76.2) |
0.38 |
0.54 |
| Female: n (%) |
3978 (56.9) |
1688 (56.4) |
0.22 |
0.64 |
| Country | ||||
| Finland |
1260 (18.0) |
585 (19.5) |
3.70 |
0.16 |
| Poland |
2760 (39.5) |
1180 (39.4) |
||
| Spain |
2973 (42.5) |
1229 (41.0) |
||
| Rural setting: n (%) |
1879 (26.9) |
789 (26.4) |
0.29 |
0.59 |
| Currently employed: n (%) |
2521 (36.1) |
1045 (34.9) |
1.20 |
0.27 |
| Married or in partnership: n (%) |
4252 (60.8) |
1771 (59.2) |
2.39 |
0.12 |
| Years of education, mean ± S.D. |
11.47 ± 5.11 |
11.48 ± 5.29 |
-0.05 |
0.96 |
| EUROHIS-QOL score, mean ± S.D. | 71.20 ± 15.52 | 70.77 ± 15.78 | 1.24 | 0.22 |
Unpaired t test for years of education and EUROHIS-QOL score; Chi-square test for the other variables.