Table 3. Association of demographic characteristics with domains of HR-QOL.
| Characteristics | Categories | Physical (mean ± sd) |
Psychological (mean ± sd) |
Social (mean ± sd) |
Environmental (mean ± sd) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group (years)# | 15–30 | 59.7± 10.9 | 58.7 ± 7.6 | 60.8 ± 14.9 | 55.1 ± 10.9 |
| 30–45 | 61.7 ± 10.9 | 58.7 ± 8.4 | 63.9 ± 13.7 | 57.5 ± 11.3 | |
| 45–60 | 61.1 ± 11.7 | 59.2 ± 9.1 | 62.7 ± 12.6 | 57.5 ± 09.5 | |
| ≥ 60 | 57.5 ± 11.3 | 55.8 ± 9.8 | 60.7 ± 14.8 | 55.6 ± 11.5 | |
| Gender## | Male | *62.01 ± 12.2 | 59.37 ± 9.8 | 63.19 ± 13.8 | 57.37 ± 10.7 |
| Female | 58.82 ± 10.4 | 57.34 ± 8.2 | 61.64 ± 13.9 | 56.21 ± 10.8 | |
| Current Marital status## | Married | 60.45 ± 11.2 | 58.26 ± 09.1 | 62.86 ± 13.5 | 57.00 ± 10.6 |
| Unmarried | 58.39 ± 12.1 | 58.04 ± 07.7 | 58.04 ± 15.9 | 54.50 ± 11.9 | |
| Current Earning status## | Earning | *64.14 ± 11.0 | *60.78 ± 08.8 | *64.92 ± 13.6 | 58.16 ± 09.8 |
| Not earning | 57.79 ± 10.9 | 56.65 ± 08.7 | 60.71 ± 13.8 | 55.83 ± 11.2 | |
| Education level# | No formal education | 57.78 ± 11.3 | 56.59 ± 9.2 | 60.95 ± 13.8 | 54.8 ± 11.6 |
| Up to high school | 61.18 ± 10.8 | 57.16 ± 7.7 | 60.38 ± 13.9 | 56.8 ± 09.4 | |
| More than high school | *62.68 ± 11.2 | *60.84 ± 8.8 | *65.08 ± 13.5 | *59.0 ± 10.1 |
*statistically significant.
# ANOVA with post hoc comparisons
## Independent T test