Table 2.
Relationships of quality of life with demongraphic characteristics
| Hepatitis B patients | General population | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EQ-VAS | EQ-5D | EQ-VAS | EQ-5D | |||||||||
| Means | SD | P-Value | Means | SD | P-Value | Means | SD | P-Value | Means | SD | P-Value | |
| Occupation | ||||||||||||
| Managers and professionals | 74.9 | 15.3 | <.0001 | 97.2 | 6.1 | <.0001 | 76.2 | 14.8 | <.0001 | 97.9 | 5.4 | <.0001 |
| Clerks | 73.1 | 17.3 | 97.1 | 6.6 | 75.3 | 14.8 | 98.2 | 5.1 | ||||
| Service and sales workers | 72.5 | 16.5 | 95.7 | 7.3 | 73.2 | 16.6 | 96.3 | 7.6 | ||||
| Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | 67.7 | 18.0 | 91.1 | 12.8 | 68.8 | 18.3 | 91.9 | 11.2 | ||||
| Trade workers and elementary occupations | 71.6 | 17.3 | 95.3 | 8.6 | 73.0 | 16.8 | 96.3 | 7.8 | ||||
| Not working | 66.6 | 20.9 | 88.5 | 14.9 | 67.1 | 20.1 | 88.9 | 15.4 | ||||
| Marital status | ||||||||||||
| Single | 71.3 | 17.8 | 0.0107 | 95.9 | 9.0 | <.0001 | 73.7 | 16.9 | <.0001 | 96.8 | 8.7 | <.0001 |
| Seperated/Divorced/Bereavement | 64.5 | 20.5 | 87.3 | 15.0 | 64.8 | 20.0 | 87.9 | 15.1 | ||||
| Married | 71.1 | 18.1 | 93.7 | 10.9 | 72.1 | 17.5 | 94.4 | 10.8 | ||||
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Male | 71.6 | 18.0 | 0.0107 | 94.6 | 10.7 | 0.0002 | 72.7 | 17.4 | <.0001 | 95.0 | 10.9 | <.0001 |
| Female | 68.5 | 19.1 | 91.2 | 12.3 | 69.4 | 18.6 | 92.2 | 12.2 | ||||
| Smoking status | ||||||||||||
| Smoker | 70.0 | 18.4 | 0.0054 | 94.3 | 11.0 | 0.1629 | 70.9 | 17.8 | <.0001 | 95.2 | 10.2 | 0.0005 |
| Ex-smoker | 71.5 | 18.5 | 93.5 | 11.3 | 72.4 | 18.0 | 93.5 | 12.6 | ||||
| Non-smoker | 69.9 | 18.7 | 92.3 | 11.9 | 70.9 | 18.1 | 93.2 | 11.6 | ||||
| Alcohol consumption | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 71.5 | 17.5 | 0.0079 | 94.5 | 10.0 | 0.0027 | 72.7 | 17.0 | <.0001 | 95.5 | 9.3 | <.0001 |
| No | 67.5 | 20.4 | 90.1 | 14.0 | 68.1 | 19.7 | 90.0 | 14.8 | ||||
| Stress | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 63.8 | 20.1 | <.0001 | 89.8 | 14.2 | <.0001 | 65.3 | 19.5 | <.0001 | 90.8 | 14.1 | <.0001 |
| No | 73.2 | 17.0 | 94.6 | 9.8 | 73.9 | 16.6 | 95.1 | 9.9 | ||||
| Chronic disease | ||||||||||||
| 0 | 72.0 | 17.5 | <.0001 | 95.0 | 9.6 | <.0001 | 73.2 | 17.1 | <.0001 | 95.6 | 9.4 | <.0001 |
| 1 | 68.9 | 19.5 | 91.3 | 12.7 | 68.9 | 18.8 | 91.5 | 13.4 | ||||
| ≥2 | 64.6 | 20.2 | 87.6 | 15.0 | 65.7 | 19.5 | 88.5 | 14.8 | ||||
| Education | ||||||||||||
| Elementary school | 63.3 | 20.0 | <.0001 | 85.8 | 15.6 | <.0001 | 64.0 | 20.2 | <.0001 | 86.2 | 15.5 | <.0001 |
| Middle school | 68.4 | 19.5 | 91.5 | 12.4 | 69.4 | 18.7 | 92.0 | 12.7 | ||||
| High school graduate | 72.1 | 17.8 | 94.9 | 9.4 | 72.9 | 17.1 | 95.8 | 9.3 | ||||
| College graduate | 73.9 | 16.3 | 96.7 | 7.2 | 75.4 | 15.3 | 97.5 | 6.4 | ||||
| Family income | ||||||||||||
| Q1 | 63.2 | 20.5 | <.0001 | 86.4 | 15.7 | <.0001 | 64.1 | 20.2 | <.0001 | 87.2 | 15.5 | <.0001 |
| Q2 | 70.2 | 17.9 | 93.7 | 10.3 | 71.5 | 17.6 | 94.3 | 10.6 | ||||
| Q3 | 73.3 | 16.8 | 96.1 | 8.0 | 74.0 | 16.3 | 96.5 | 7.9 | ||||
| Q4 | 74.9 | 16.6 | 96.3 | 7.6 | 76.0 | 15.3 | 97.1 | 7.4 | ||||
| Age | ||||||||||||
| 20-29 | 73.3 | 17.7 | 0.0202 | 97.5 | 6.0 | <.0001 | 75.3 | 16.4 | <.0001 | 98.0 | 5.6 | <.0001 |
| 30-39 | 71.3 | 17.3 | 96.4 | 7.8 | 73.5 | 16.0 | 97.7 | 5.7 | ||||
| 40-49 | 72.9 | 17.2 | 95.6 | 8.7 | 73.5 | 16.7 | 96.5 | 8.2 | ||||
| 50-59 | 70.6 | 18.8 | 93.3 | 11.2 | 71.9 | 17.9 | 94.3 | 10.9 | ||||
| 60≤ | 66.2 | 19.6 | 87.6 | 14.7 | 66.4 | 19.7 | 87.7 | 15.1 | ||||
| Year | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | 69.0 | 18.9 | <.0001 | 92.8 | 11.9 | 0.0063 | 70.1 | 18.5 | <.0001 | 93.4 | 11.9 | <.0001 |
| 2012 | 71.5 | 18.1 | 93.4 | 11.3 | 72.4 | 17.4 | 94.1 | 11.2 | ||||
| Total | 70.2 | 18.6 | 93.1 | 11.6 | 71.2 | 18.0 | 93.8 | 11.5 | ||||