Table 2:

General, mental and physical health-related quality of life

Characteristics	Total (n=522)		Depressive Symptoms (n=158)		No Depressive Symptoms (n=364)		P
	n	%	n	%	n	%
General Health
Poor or Fair	164	31.4%	82	51.9%	82	22.5%	<0.01
Good or above	349	66.9%	69	43.7%	280	76.9%
MCS-12 Median, (IQR)	53.8	43.3–59.3	39.7	33.7–48.6	56.9	51.2–60.7	<0.01
MCS-12 Categories
Below or equal to median	260	50.1%	133	84.7%	127	35.1%	<0.01
Above median	259	49.9%	24	15.3%	235	64.9%
PCS-12 Median, (IQR)	38.8	29.5–48.8	32.7	24.3–41.7	41.4	31.8–50.9	<0.01
PCS-12 Categories
Below or equal to median	261	50.0%	106	67.1%	155	42.6%	<0.01
Above median	261	50.0%	52	32.9%	209	57.4%
HRQL Domains
PF Median, (IQR)	58.3	36.6–90.0	49.5	17.5–70.0	71.4	45.0–93.5	<0.01
RP Median, (IQR)	50.0	0.5–100.0	9.8	0.0–53.0	75.0	9.8–100.0	<0.01
BP Median, (IQR)	56.3	39.0–84.0	41.0	31.3–54.1	56.3	44.0–95.2	<0.01
GH Median, (IQR)	61.5	40.0–77.0	46.0	37.5–61.5	61.5	52.0–82.0	<0.01
MH Median, (IQR)	83.7	60.7–92.0	56.0	44.0–69.5	84.0	76.0–92.7	<0.01
RE Median, (IQR)	100.0	33.3–104.1	33.3	0.0–75.1	100.0	66.7–104.1	<0.01
SF Median, (IQR)	87.5	50.0–99.3	50.0	37.5–75.0	99.3	66.9–100.0	<0.01
VT Median, (IQR)	54.6	40.0–79.3	40.9	30.0–50.0	59.7	45.9–79.3	<0.01

IQR: Interquartile Range; PCS-12: Physical Component Summary score; MCS-12: Mental Component Summary score; VR-12: Veteran Rand 12-item questionnaire; HRQoL: Health-related Quality of Life; PF: Physical Functioning, RP: Role limitation due to physical health problems, BP: Bodily pain, GH: General health perception, MH: Mental health, RE: Role limitation due to personal or emotional problems, SF: Social functioning, VT: Vitality or energy