Table 2.
Percentage of a general population sample reporting levels 1 to 5 by dimension, EQ-VAS & EQ index score by age group for males
| EQ-5D dimension | Age Groups | Total N = 650 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16–19‚ N = 56 | 20–29‚ N = 116 | 30–39‚ N = 123 | 40–49‚ N = 135 | 50–59‚ N = 110 | 60–69‚ N = 84 | > 70‚ N = 26 | |||
| Mobility | No problems | 100% | 98.3% | 98.4% | 91.9% | 96.4% | 85.7% | 69.2% | 94.0% |
| Slight problems | 0% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 8.2% | 3.6% | 13.1% | 26.9% | 5.7% | |
| Moderate problems | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1.2% | 3.9% | 0.3% | |
| Severe problems | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Unable to | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Z (P value) | 5.69 (0.000) | ||||||||
| Self-care | No problems | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98.5% | 100% | 96.4% | 96.2% | 99.1% |
| Slight problems | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1.5% | 0% | 3.6% | 3.9% | 0.9% | |
| Moderate problems | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Severe problems | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Unable to | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Z (P value) | 2.65 (0.008) | ||||||||
| Usual Activity | No problems | 96.4% | 94.8% | 95.9% | 93.3% | 99.1% | 90.5% | 92.3% | 94.9% |
| Slight problems | 3.6% | 5.2% | 4.1% | 5.9% | 0.9% | 7.1% | 7.7% | 4.6% | |
| Moderate problems | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.7% | 0% | 2.4% | 0% | 0.5% | |
| Severe problems | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Unable to | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Z (P value) | 0.95 (0.342) | ||||||||
| Pain/Discomfort | No problems | 78.6% | 75.9% | 78.1% | 71.1% | 64.6% | 64.3% | 57.7% | 71.4% |
| Slight problems | 19.6% | 23.3% | 20.3% | 26.7% | 29.1% | 31.0% | 30.8% | 25.4% | |
| Moderate problems | 1.8% | 0% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 6.4% | 4.8% | 11.5% | 2.8% | |
| Severe problems | 0% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.5% | |
| Extreme problems | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Z (P value) | 3.44 (0.001) | ||||||||
| Anxiety/Depression | No problems | 67.9% | 65.5% | 66.7% | 78.5% | 75.5% | 77.4% | 88.5% | 72.8% |
| Slight problems | 30.4% | 32.8% | 29.3% | 20.7% | 21.8% | 20.2% | 11.5% | 25.1% | |
| Moderate problems | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 0% | 1.8% | 0% | 0% | 1.2% | |
| Severe problems | 0% | 0% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 2.4% | 0% | 0.6% | |
| Extreme problems | 0% | 0% | 0.8% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.3% | |
| Z (P value) | −2.94 (0.003) | ||||||||
| EQ-VAS | Mean | 87.4 | 86.9 | 85.5 | 85.5 | 84.8 | 82.9 | 83.9 | 85.4 |
| 95%CI | 84.4 | 85.2 | 83.8 | 83.3 | 82.6 | 79.9 | 76.9 | 84.5 | |
| 90.4 | 88.5 | 87.2 | 87.8 | 87.1 | 85.9 | 90.9 | 86.3 | ||
| Z (P value) | −1.68 (0.093) | ||||||||
| EQ index score | Mean | 0.968 | 0.963 | 0.961 | 0.959 | 0.956 | 0.943 | 0.932 | 0.957 |
| 95%CI | 0.957 | 0.953 | 0.950 | 0.948 | 0.946 | 0.921 | 0.897 | 0.952 | |
| 0.978 | 0.973 | 0.972 | 0.971 | 0.967 | 0.964 | 0.966 | 0.962 | ||
| Z (P value) | −2.21 (0.027) | ||||||||