Table 3.
Percentage of a general population sample reporting levels 1 to 5 by dimension, EQ-VAS & EQ index score by age group for females
| EQ-5D dimension | Age Groups | Total N = 646 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16–19‚ N = 53 | 20–29‚ N = 113 | 30–39‚ N = 121 | 40–49‚ N = 137 | 50–59‚ N = 110 | 60–69‚ N = 71 | > = 70‚ N = 41 | |||
| Mobility | No problems | 96.2% | 96.5% | 99.2% | 97.1% | 95.5% | 90.1% | 73.2% | 94.7% |
| Slight problems | 3.8% | 3.5% | 0.8% | 2.9% | 3.6% | 8.5% | 19.5% | 4.5% | |
| Moderate problems | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1.4% | 7.3% | 0.6% | |
| Severe problems | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.9% | 0% | 0% | 0.2% | |
| Unable to | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Z (P value) | 4.68 (0.000) | ||||||||
| Self-care | No problems | 98.1% | 99.1% | 99.2% | 100% | 99.1% | 97.2% | 95.1% | 98.8% |
| Slight problems | 1.9% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0% | 0% | 1.4% | 4.9% | 0.9% | |
| Moderate problems | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1.4% | 0% | 0.2% | |
| Severe problems | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.9% | 0% | 0% | 0.2% | |
| Unable to | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Z (P value) | 1.42 (0.156) | ||||||||
| Usual Activity | No problems | 96.2% | 99.1% | 98.4% | 97.8% | 96.4% | 93.0% | 78.1% | 96.0% |
| Slight problems | 3.8% | 0.9% | 1.7% | 2.2% | 1.8% | 7.0% | 22.0% | 3.7% | |
| Moderate problems | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.9% | 0% | 0% | 0.2% | |
| Severe problems | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.9% | 0% | 0% | 0.2% | |
| Unable to | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Z (P value) | 4.36 (0.000) | ||||||||
| Pain/Discomfort | No problems | 66.0% | 74.3% | 76.0% | 69.3% | 65.5% | 64.8% | 51.2% | 68.9% |
| Slight problems | 30.2% | 24.8% | 23.1% | 28.5% | 32.7% | 32.4% | 39.0% | 28.8% | |
| Moderate problems | 1.9% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 2.8% | 7.3% | 1.7% | |
| Severe problems | 1.9% | 0% | 0% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0% | 2.4% | 0.5% | |
| Extreme problems | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.2% | |
| Z (P value) | 2.56 (0.010) | ||||||||
| Anxiety/Depression | No problems | 56.6% | 62.8% | 76.9% | 75.9% | 76.4% | 85.9% | 78.1% | 73.5% |
| Slight problems | 37.7% | 31.9% | 20.7% | 21.9% | 21.8% | 14.1% | 19.5% | 23.7% | |
| Moderate problems | 5.7% | 4.4% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 0% | 2.4% | 2.5% | |
| Severe problems | 0% | 0.9% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.2% | |
| Extreme problems | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.7% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.2% | |
| Z (P value) | −4.02 (0.000) | ||||||||
| EQ-VAS | Mean | 88.3 | 85.8 | 87.8 | 87.5 | 86.2 | 84.5 | 85.3 | 86.6 |
| 95%CI | 85.4 91.2 |
83.6 88.0 |
86.0 89.6 |
85.6 89.3 |
84.0 88.3 |
81.8 87.2 |
82.0 88.6 |
85.8 87.5 |
|
| Z (P value) | −1.75 (0.081) | ||||||||
| EQ index score | Mean | 0.945 | 0.959 | 0.971 | 0.962 | 0.954 | 0.957 | 0.912 | 0.957 |
| 95%CI | 0.926 0.963 |
0.949 0.968 |
0.962 0.979 |
0.952 0.972 |
0.933 0.975 |
0.943 0.971 |
0.881 0.943 |
0.951 0.962 |
|
| Z (P value) | −1.04 (0.300) | ||||||||