Table 3.
Frequencies (n), means and confidence intervals at 95% (95%CI) for the quantitative variables studied, according to the risk of poor mental health (GHQ−, GHQ+), by sex and year of the survey.
| MEN | 2005 | 2010 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Average | 95%CI | p * | n | Average | 95%CI | p * | ||
| Num. chronic diseases | GHQ− | 2386 | 0.65 | (0.60–0.69) | <0.001 | 1270 | 0.78 | (0.71–0.86) | <0.001 |
| GHQ+ | 460 | 1.71 | (1.52–1.90) | 432 | 1.59 | (1.37–1.80) | |||
| EUROQoL quality of life | GHQ− | 2386 | 0.93 | (0.92–0.93) | <0.001 | 1270 | 0.92 | (0.91–0.93) | <0.001 |
| GHQ+ | 460 | 0.73 | (0.70–0.75) | 432 | 0.78 | (0.75–0.80) | |||
| WOMEN | |||||||||
| Num. chronic diseases | GHQ− | 2212 | 0.93 | (0.87–0.99) | <0.001 | 1234 | 1.18 | (1.07–1.28) | <0.001 |
| GHQ+ | 694 | 2.43 | (2.25–2.60) | 543 | 2.27 | (2.03–2.52) | |||
| EUROQoL quality of life | GHQ− | 2212 | 0.89 | (0.88–0.90) | <0.001 | 1234 | 0.87 | (0.86–0.88) | <0.001 |
| GHQ+ | 694 | 0.68 | (0.66–0.70) | 543 | 0.70 | (0.67–0.72) | |||
(*) p-values of student’s t test to compare the averages among categories of the variable.