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. 2021 Feb 11;11:08001. doi: 10.7189/jogh.11.08001

Table 3.

Factors associated with the percentage of problems reported by respondents in the five EQ-5D dimensions – results of logistic regression models

Variable
Mobility
Self-care
Usual activities
Pain/discomfort
Anxiety/depression
AOR*
95% CI
P
AOR
95% CI
P
AOR
(95% CI
P
AOR
(95% CI)
P
AOR
(95% CI)
P
Gender
Male (reference)
Female
0.727
0.688, 0.768
<0.001
0.615
0.573, 0.661
<0.001
0.652
0.613, 0.692
<0.001
1.196
1.149, 1.245
<0.001
1.064
1.006, 1.124
0.030
Age in years
15-24 (reference)
25-34
1.818
1.308, 2.525
<0.001
1.806
1.233, 2.646
0.002
1.839
1.333, 2.537
<0.001
1.717
1.417, 2.082
<0.001
2.225
1.771, 2.795
<0.001
35-44
3.754
2.749, 5.126
<0.001
3.413
2.378, 4.898
<0.001
3.567
2.627, 4.842
<0.001
3.958
3.299, 4.750
<0.001
4.505
3.611, 5.621
<0.001
45-54
6.582
4.847, 8.939
<0.001
5.124
3.602, 7.287
<0.001
5.699
4.221, 7.693
<0.001
6.296
5.253, 7.546
<0.001
5.315
4.261, 6.631
<0.001
55-64
9.276
6.829, 12.601
<0.001
6.454
4.535, 9.187
<0.001
7.042
5.211, 9.515
<0.001
8.369
6.973, 10.045
<0.001
5.947
4.758, 7.435
<0.001
65-74
14.618
10.734, 19.908
<0.001
9.737
6.820, 13.903
<0.001
10.863
8.013, 14.725
<0.001
10.229
8.498, 12.313
<0.001
5.905
4.700, 7.418
<0.001
75+
31.140
22.803, 42.526
<0.001
19.503
13.616, 27.936
<0.001
22.489
16.541, 30.577
<0.001
13.617
11.262, 16.465
<0.001
7.359
5.823, 9.300
<0.001
Location
Urban (reference)
Rural
1.068
1.015, 1.123
0.011
1.186
1.109, 1.267
<0.001
1.165
1.102, 1.233
<0.001
1.000
0.965, 1.036
0.993
1.037
0.988, 1.088
0.136
Region
Eastern (reference)
Central
1.213
1.149, 1.280
<0.001
1.205
1.122, 1.294
<0.001
1.178
1.109, 1.252
<0.001
1.320
1.271, 1.371
<0.001
1.375
1.302, 1.453
<0.001
Western
1.444
1.369, 1.522
<0.001
1.423
1.326, 1.526
<0.001
1.503
1.417, 1.594
<0.001
1.492
1.437, 1.549
<0.001
1.670
1.584, 1.761
<0.001
Educational attainment
Illiterate (reference)
Primary school
0.827
0.780, 0.877
<0.001
0.750
0.695, 0.809
<0.001
0.721
0.677, 0.769
<0.001
0.859
0.822, 0.897
<0.001
0.775
0.730, 0.822
<0.001
Junior middle school
0.716
0.667, 0.768
<0.001
0.655
0.597, 0.719
<0.001
0.625
0.578, 0.676
<0.001
0.700
0.665, 0.736
<0.001
0.704
0.657, 0.754
<0.001
Senior middle school
0.592
0.540, 0.649
<0.001
0.540
0.477, 0.611
<0.001
0.522
0.471, 0.578
<0.001
0.652
0.612, 0.694
<0.001
0.669
0.612, 0.730
<0.001
University/college or above
0.493
0.429, 0.565
<0.001
0.474
0.393, 0.572
<0.001
0.438
0.375, 0.512
<0.001
0.602
0.551, 0.657
<0.001
0.740
0.657, 0.833
<0.001
Local ranking of average household income
Lowest < percentile 20 (reference)
Low percentile 20-39
0.803
0.753, 0.855
<0.001
0.819
0.754, 0.891
<0.001
0.789
0.735, 0.846
<0.001
0.802
0.766, 0.840
<0.001
0.791
0.744, 0.842
<0.001
Middle percentile 40-59
0.703
0.658, 0.752
<0.001
0.732
0.671, 0.799
<0.001
0.690
0.641, 0.743
<0.001
0.758
0.723, 0.794
<0.001
0.684
0.641, 0.730
<0.001
High percentile 60-79
0.651
0.608, 0.696
<0.001
0.669
0.612, 0.732
<0.001
0.637
0.591, 0.686
<0.001
0.679
0.647, 0.712
<0.001
0.623
0.584, 0.666
<0.001
Highest ≥ percentile 80
0.627
0.585, 0.671
<0.001
0.654
0.596, 0.717
<0.001
0.622
0.576, 0.671
<0.001
0.647
0.616, 0.679
<0.001
0.580
0.541, 0.621
<0.001
Employment
Employed (reference)
Retired
1.884
1.748, 2.031
<0.001
2.522
2.278, 2.793
<0.001
2.132
1.959, 2.321
<0.001
1.072
1.017, 1.130
0.010
0.981
0.907, 1.061
0.634
Student
0.806
0.457, 1.421
0.456
0.884
0.458, 1.705
0.713
0.591
0.313, 1.116
0.105
0.639
0.450, 0.907
0.012
0.706
0.479, 1.042
<0.001
Unemployed
2.670
2.521, 2.826
<0.001
3.345
3.096, 3.614
<0.001
3.097
2.907, 3.299
<0.001
1.571
1.508, 1.637
<0.001
1.675
1.584, 1.771
<0.001
Marital status:
Never married/Single (reference)
Married
0.489
0.430, 0.556
<0.001
0.426
0.365, 0.497
<0.001
0.417
0.365, 0.476
<0.001
0.798
0.725, 0.879
<0.001
0.546
0.487, 0.612
<0.001
Divorced
0.608
0.528, 0.699
<0.001
0.547
0.462, 0.648
<0.001
0.516
0.446, 0.597
<0.001
0.927
0.833, 1.033
0.170
0.676
0.593, 0.772
<0.001
Widowed
0.814
0.660, 1.005
0.055
0.744
0.570, 0.971
<0.001
0.729
0.582, 0.914
0.006
1.158
0.997, 1.345
0.055
1.088
0.911, 1.300
0.350
Two-week morbidity
Yes (reference)
No
0.606
0.568, 0.646
<0.001
0.595
0.545, 0.649
<0.001
0.586
0.545, 0.630
<0.001
0.496
0.473, 0.519
<0.001
0.562
0.527, 0.600
<0.001
Chronic disease
Yes (reference)
No
0.489
0.458, 0.523
<0.001
0.552
0.503, 0.605
<0.001
0.488
0.452, 0.526
<0.001
0.488
0.465, 0.512
<0.001
0.503
0.47, 0.538
<0.001
One-year hospital admission
Yes (reference)
No
0.468
0.443, 0.494
<0.001
0.459
0.428, 0.492
<0.001
0.440
0.414, 0.467
<0.001
0.520
0.499, 0.543
<0.001
0.525
0.497, 0.555
<0.001
Smoking
Yes (reference)
No
1.188
1.118, 1.263
<0.001
1.323
1.219, 1.437
<0.001
1.279
1.194, 1.370
<0.001
1.021
0.977, 1.066
0.360
1.055
0.992, 1.122
<0.001
Drinking
Yes (reference)
No
1.338
1.254, 1.427
<0.001
1.885
1.716, 2.069
<0.001
1.649
1.529, 1.778
<0.001
0.987
0.945, 1.031
0.565
1.088
1.022, 1.158
<0.001
Physical exercise
Yes (reference)
No 2.091 1.970, 2.219 <0.001 2.549 2.348, 2.767 <0.001 2.325 2.172, 2.489 <0.001 1.299 1.249, 1.352 <0.001 1.424 1.345, 1.508 <0.001

AOR – adjusted odds ratio, CI – 95% confidence interval