Table 5.
Distribution of Hepatitis B Quality of Life subscale scores by some socio-demographic and disease-related characteristics of patientsa
| Variable | Psychological Well-Being | Anticipation anxiety | Vitality | Stigma | Vulnerability | Total score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | p :<0,001 | p :<0,001 | p :<0,001 | p:0,921 | p :0,003 | p :0,001 |
| Male | 87,5 (70;97,5) | 76,7 (56,7;93,3) | 80 (64;92) | 90 (73,3;100) | 80 (60;93,3) | 82,8 (67,1;92,8) |
| Female | 85 (65;95) | 73,3 (50;93,3) | 76 (60;88) | 90 (73,3; 100) | 80 (60;93,3) | 80 (63,6;91,4) |
| Marriage status | p :0,001 | p :<0,001 | p:0,341 | p :<0,001 | p :<0,001 | p :0,002 |
| Married | 87,5 (70;95) | 76,7 (56,7;93,3) | 80 (64;88) | 90 (73,3;100) | 80 (60;93,3) | 82,1 (67,1;92,8) |
| Single | 82,5 (65;95) | 73,3 (50;90) | 76 (60;92) | 86,7 (66,7;100) | 73,3 (53,3;93,3) | 78,6 (62,8;90,7) |
| Education level | p:0,441 | p :0,121 | p :<0,001 | p:0,001 | p:0,089 | p:0,881 |
| Elementery school and under | 87,5 (67,5;95) | 76,7 (53,3;93,3) | 76 (60;88) | 93,3 (73,3;100) | 80 (60;93,3) | 81,4 (65,7;93,6) |
| Middle school | 82,5 (68;95) | 73,3 (50;90) | 76 (64;88) | 86,7 (66,7;100) | 80 (53,3;93,3) | 80,7 (62,8;91,4) |
| High school | 87,5 (70;95) | 76,7 (54,2;90) | 80 (64;92) | 90 (73,3;100) | 80 (60;93,3) | 82,1 (67,8;92,8) |
| University | 85 (70;97,5) | 76,7 (56,6;90) | 80 (68;92) | 90 (73,3;100) | 80 (60;93,3) | 82,1 (67,1;91,4) |
| Regular income | p :0,005 | p :<0,001 | p :<0,001 | p :<0,001 | p :<0,001 | p:0,077 |
| Yes | 90 (72,5;97,5) | 80 (60;93,3) | 80 (64;92) | 93,3 (76,7;100) | 80 (60;93,3) | 84,3 (70;93,6) |
| No | 80 (62,5;95) | 70 (46,7;86,7) | 72 (56; 88) | 86,7 (66,7;100) | 73,3 (53,3;93,3) | 77,1 (60,7;89,3) |
| Family members with hepatitis B | p:0,328 | p :0,015 | p :<0,001 | p:0,082 | p :0,002 | p:0,097 |
| Present | 85 (67,5;95) | 73,3 (53,3;90) | 76 (60;88) | 90 (73,3;100) | 80 (60;93,3) | 80,7 (65;91,4) |
| Not | 87,5 (67,5;97,5) | 76,7 (54,2;93,3) | 80 (64;92) | 90 (73,3;100) | 80 (60;93,3) | 82,9 (67,1;92,8) |
| Received treatment for hepatitis B | p :0,001 | p:0,070 | p:0,179 | p:0,066 | p:0,917 | p :0,011 |
| Yes | 85 (70;95) | 76,7 (53,3;90) | 76 (64;88) | 90 (73,3;100) | 80 (60;93,3) | 80,7 (66,4;91,4) |
| No | 87,5 (67,5;95) | 76,7 (53,3;93,3) | 80 (64;88) | 90 (73,3;100) | 80 (60; 93,3) | 82,1 (65;92,8) |
| Other chronic disease | p :0,003 | p:0,385 | p :<0,001 | p:0,988 | p :0,010 | p :<0,001 |
| Present | 85 (65;95) | 76,7 (53,3;93,3) | 72 (56;88) | 90 (73,3;100) | 80 (53,3;93,3) | 79,3 (63,6;91,4) |
| Not | 87,5 (70;95) | 76,7 (53,3;93,3) | 80 (64;92) | 90 (73,3;100) | 80 (60;93,3) | 82 (66,4;92,1) |
| Hospital type | p :<0,001 | p :<0,001 | p :<0,001 | p :<0,001 | p :<0,001 | p :<0,001 |
| Training hospital | 90 (72,5;95) | 80 (60;93,3) | 84 (68;88) | 93,3 (76,7;100) | 80 (66,7;93,3) | 85,7 (70,7;93,6) |
| University hospital | 85 (65;97,5) | 73,3 (50;86,7) | 76 (60;88) | 90 (70;100) | 73,3 (53,3;93,3) | 80 (63,6;90) |
| Other | 80 (62,5;95) | 70 (46,7;86,7) | 72 (56;88) | 86,7 (63,3;100) | 73,3 (53,3;86,7) | 76,4 (59,3;88,6) |
| HBeAg status | p :<0,001 | p:0,098 | p :0,015 | p :0,022 | p :<0,001 | p :<0,001 |
| Positive | 82,5 (65;95) | 73,3 (50;90) | 76 (60;88) | 86,7 (66,7;100) | 73,3 (53,3;93,3) | 79,3 (62,9;91,4) |
| Negative | 87,5 (67,5;95) | 76,7 (53,3;93,3) | 80 (64;88) | 90 (73,3;100) | 80 (60;93,3) | 82,1 (66,4;92,1) |
aValues were not normally distributed; thus; median (% 25; % 75) scores are presented in cells, bold data reflected a statistical significance