Table 4.
SF-12 v2 scale scores according to general characteristics and health-related factors (n =1,000)
| PF | RP | BP | GH | VT | SF | RE | MH | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| Gender | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 93.0 | 18.4 | 92.4 | 16.9 | 94.0 | 15.5 | 70.4 | 19.8 | 70.7 | 22.2 | 94.6 * | 15.3 | 91.9 * | 15.9 | 80.1 | 15.0 |
| Female | 89.9 | 21.0 | 88.9 | 18.4 | 91.0 | 18.4 | 65.9 | 20.3 | 64.7 | 22.5 | 93.3 * | 15.0 | 90.0 * | 16.6 | 77.2 | 15.6 |
| Age group | ||||||||||||||||
| 19–29 years | 97.0 | 11.9 | 93.6 | 14.3 | 96.3 | 11.3 | 80.4 | 16.0 | 77.3 | 19.9 | 96.2 | 12.3 | 92.8 | 14.7 | 80.8 * | 14.8 |
| 30–39 years | 95.1 | 15.2 | 93.2 | 14.2 | 94.0 | 16.5 | 74.0 | 18.3 | 70.4 | 20.7 | 94.6 | 14.6 | 91.3 | 15.7 | 79.2 * | 14.8 |
| 40–49 years | 96.5 | 11.1 | 92.7 | 16.4 | 94.3 | 15.2 | 67.8 | 18.4 | 68.7 | 21.5 | 95.8 | 12.2 | 92.5 | 14.5 | 77.3 * | 16.0 |
| 50–59 years | 92.4 | 17.8 | 91.1 | 18.0 | 91.5 | 17.9 | 64.3 | 17.7 | 66.1 | 20.6 | 93.5 | 15.8 | 91.2 | 16.8 | 79.4 * | 15.3 |
| 60–69 years | 79.2 | 27.9 | 84.9 | 19.8 | 88.3 | 20.3 | 57.0 | 20.9 | 57.8 | 24.9 | 90.7 | 18.7 | 88.5 | 17.5 | 76.7 * | 15.5 |
| 70 years or older | 65.4 | 34.0 | 70.2 | 31.8 | 77.9 | 24.8 | 49.8 | 22.4 | 54.8 | 23.5 | 84.6 | 20.1 | 78.8 | 25.2 | 79.3 * | 17.3 |
| Level of education (years) | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 and below | 62.5 | 32.2 | 69.5 | 27.9 | 76.6 | 25.5 | 48.9 | 23.0 | 45.3 | 25.1 | 81.8 | 20.5 | 80.7 | 23.3 | 72.7 | 16.8 |
| 7 to 9 | 77.9 | 28.7 | 86.4 | 18.0 | 86.6 | 21.2 | 55.3 | 21.5 | 55.8 | 23.2 | 90.3 | 18.7 | 88.9 | 16.1 | 75.7 | 16.0 |
| 10 to 12 | 93.8 | 16.0 | 91.8 | 16.4 | 93.9 | 15.3 | 69.7 | 19.3 | 69.1 | 21.7 | 95.1 | 13.6 | 91.7 | 15.7 | 78.8 | 15.7 |
| 13 or more | 96.5 | 13.2 | 93.3 | 15.5 | 94.5 | 15.5 | 73.1 | 17.0 | 73.0 | 19.7 | 94.8 | 14.9 | 91.9 | 15.5 | 80.7 | 13.5 |
| Occupation | ||||||||||||||||
| Employed/self-employed | 94.1 | 16.3 | 92.5 | 16.2 | 93.9 | 15.5 | 69.9 | 18.9 | 69.5 | 21.4 | 94.9 | 14.3 | 92.0 | 15.4 | 79.6 | 15.0 |
| Unemployed | 70.3 | 30.1 | 82.0 | 22.0 | 84.4 | 24.4 | 52.7 | 24.4 | 57.0 | 24.0 | 88.3 | 17.9 | 83.2 | 19.5 | 76.2 | 14.7 |
| Student | 95.8 | 12.7 | 92.7 | 15.6 | 98.1 | 8.3 | 81.6 | 16.8 | 76.9 | 22.9 | 96.2 | 13.3 | 93.2 | 14.0 | 79.7 | 15.2 |
| Housewife | 84.9 | 25.7 | 85.4 | 20.8 | 87.9 | 20.8 | 61.6 | 21.3 | 61.3 | 24.0 | 91.2 | 17.4 | 88.1 | 18.6 | 75.7 | 16.3 |
| Current disease | ||||||||||||||||
| No | 94.4 | 15.4 | 92.7 | 15.0 | 94.3 | 15.4 | 71.0 | 17.9 | 70.0 | 21.0 | 95.4 | 13.4 | 92.1 | 15.2 | 79.8 | 14.7 |
| Yes | 71.0 | 31.5 | 76.3 | 26.6 | 80.2 | 22.7 | 48.8 | 24.4 | 52.0 | 26.4 | 83.7 | 21.5 | 83.2 | 21.2 | 70.6 | 17.6 |
| Outpatient visit (in the past 2 weeks) | ||||||||||||||||
| No | 92.1 | 18.7 | 91.1 | 17.2 | 93.3 | 15.9 | 68.7 | 19.7 | 68.3 | 22.2 | 94.4 | 14.5 | 91.3 * | 15.8 | 79.0 | 15.0 |
| Yes | 77.2 | 32.8 | 80.8 | 25.4 | 76.1 | 29.7 | 56.7 | 25.6 | 55.6 | 26.6 | 84.4 | 23.4 | 84.2 * | 23.6 | 71.7 | 20.2 |
| Hospitalization (in the past year) | ||||||||||||||||
| No | 94.1 | 16.1 | 92.6 | 15.7 | 94.5 | 14.8 | 71.0 | 18.0 | 70.2 | 20.8 | 95.5 | 13.4 | 92.3 | 14.9 | 80.2 | 14.3 |
| Yes | 76.2 | 30.1 | 79.1 | 23.8 | 80.5 | 23.7 | 51.3 | 23.7 | 52.9 | 26.4 | 84.7 | 20.9 | 82.8 | 21.3 | 69.5 | 18.2 |
*Bold indicates non-significant differences (P > 0.05) according to the Student’s t-test or analysis of variance.