Table 1.
General characteristics of respondents
| Characteristics | Study sample (N = 1252) |
Polish general adult population (30.7 million) [19, 23] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | % | |
| Age group (years) | |||
| 18–34 | 378 | 30.2 | 30.2 |
| 35–49 | 313 | 25.0 | 25.1 |
| 50–64 | 332 | 26.5 | 25.6 |
| 65+ | 229 | 18.3 | 19.2 |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 657 | 52.5 | 52.6 |
| Male | 595 | 47.5 | 47.4 |
| Size of place of residence | |||
| Rural area | 501 | 40.1 | 39.5 |
| Town of less than 100,000 inhabitants | 404 | 32.3 | 32.9 |
| City of 100,000 and more inhabitants | 345 | 27.6 | 27.6 |
| Geographical location of residence (macro-region) | |||
| Central | 242 | 19.4 | 20.3 |
| Southwest | 136 | 10.9 | 10.3 |
| South | 245 | 19.6 | 20.6 |
| Northwest | 199 | 15.9 | 16.0 |
| North | 187 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| East | 241 | 19.3 | 17.9 |
| Education | |||
| Primary or middle school | 221 | 17.7 | 17.9 |
| Vocational school | 328 | 26.2 | 24.9 |
| Secondary school | 428 | 34.2 | 35.9 |
| Higher | 273 | 21.8 | 21.3 |
| Employment status | |||
| Employed/self-employed | 637 | 51.2 | 49.7 |
| Unemployed (able to work) | 90 | 7.2 | 8.4 |
| Unemployed (unable to work, annuitant) | 77 | 6.2 | 6.7 |
| Student (full time) | 114 | 9.2 | 7.2 |
| Homemaker, housewife | 32 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
| Retired person | 295 | 23.7 | 24.7 |
| Responsibility for children | 429 | 34.3 | |
| Number of persons in a household, mean, SD | 2.96 | 1.4 | 2.69 |
| Considering himself/herself as a religious person | 1127 | 90.1 | 92.3 |
| Religion (among religious persons) | |||
| Catholicism | 1106 | 98.1 | 92.0 |
| Other | 21 | 1.9 | |
| Believe in life after death | |||
| Definitely yes | 390 | 31.2 | 44.0 |
| Rather yes | 375 | 30.0 | 31.0 |
| I don’t know | 228 | 18.2 | 7.0 |
| Rather no | 127 | 10.1 | 18.0 |
| Definitely no | 113 | 9.0 | |
| Experience with serious illness | |||
| In self | 382 | 30.5 | |
| In family | 892 | 71.2 | |
| In caring for others | 626 | 50.0 | |
| Comorbidity confirmed by doctor | 533 | 42.6 | |
| General perception of health (SF-1) | |||
| Excellent | 89 | 7.1 | 6.2 |
| Very good | 384 | 30.7 | 25.3 |
| Good | 566 | 45.2 | 44.3 |
| Fair | 190 | 15.2 | 20.3 |
| Poor | 22 | 1.8 | 3.9 |
| Self-rated health using EQ-5D-5L | |||
| 11111 | 437 | 34.9 | 38.5 |
| Any other health state | 815 | 65.1 | 61.5 |
| Self-rated health using EQ-VAS | |||
| 100 | 109 | 8.7 | 8.1 |
| 90–99 | 432 | 34.5 | 23.8 |
| 80–89 | 300 | 24.0 | 22.0 |
| < 80 | 411 | 32.8 | 46.4 |
| EQ VAS, mean (SD) | 79.9 | (16.9) | 73.7 (19.9) |
| Any health problems within EQ-5D-5L dimension | |||
| Mobility (MO) | 360 | 28.8 | 25.8 |
| Self-care (SC) | 124 | 9.9 | 9.1 |
| Usual activities (UA) | 258 | 20.6 | 17.4 |
| Pain/discomfort (PD) | 668 | 53.4 | 52.2 |
|
Anxiety/depression (AD) Household income (monthly, per person, €) |
537 | 42.9 | 41.5 |
| ≤ 200 | 207 | 16.5 | Average 340 |
| 201–320 | 306 | 24.4 | |
| 321–500 | 296 | 23.6 | |
| > 500 | 200 | 16.0 | |
| Refuse to answer | 243 | 19.4 | |
SD standard deviation, VAS visual analog scale