Table 2.
Health status and Health-related quality of life among respondents
| Characteristics | Tuyen Quang | Son Duong | Total | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| EQ5D5L | |||||||
| Having problems in mobility | 25 | 15.1 | 8 | 11.4 | 33 | 14.0 | 0.46 |
| Having problems in self-care | 21 | 12.7 | 4 | 5.7 | 25 | 10.6 | 0.11 |
| Having problems with usual activities | 29 | 17.5 | 5 | 7.1 | 34 | 14.4 | 0.04 |
| Pain/Discomfort | 39 | 23.5 | 8 | 11.4 | 47 | 19.9 | 0.03 |
| Anxiety/Depression | 52 | 31.3 | 9 | 12.9 | 61 | 25.9 | <0.01 |
| Having acute diseases | 36 | 21.6 | 17 | 23.0 | 53 | 22.0 | 0.81 |
| Having chronic diseases | 28 | 16.8 | 11 | 14.9 | 39 | 16.2 | 0.71 |
| HIV positive | 32 | 19.9 | 27 | 38.6 | 59 | 25.5 | <0.01 |
| BMI categories | |||||||
| Underweight | 24 | 14.7 | 5 | 7.3 | 29 | 12.5 | 0.25 |
| Normal | 130 | 79.8 | 61 | 88.4 | 191 | 82.3 | |
| Overweight and obese | 9 | 5.5 | 3 | 4.4 | 12 | 5.2 | |
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p-value | |
| EQ5D - index | 0.87 | 0.21 | 0.93 | 0.17 | 0.88 | 0.20 | 0.04 |
| EQ VAS | 82.35 | 16.50 | 80.67 | 12.06 | 81.84 | 15.27 | 0.46 |