Table 2.
PROMIS GH by period.
PROMIS GH summary scores and items | Question | During the COVID-19 pandemic |
One year earlier |
P value | ||
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n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | |||
GMH T-score | - | 37 469 | 47.95 (9.13) | 32 905 | 48.47 (9.49) | <.001 |
GPH T-score | - | 37 458 | 47.33 (9.04) | 32 616 | 45.80 (9.37) | <.001 |
GH items | ||||||
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In general, would you say your health is: | 37 915 | 3.17 (0.95) | 32 997 | 3.14 (0.96) | <.001 |
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In general, would you say your quality of life is: | 37 884 | 3.49 (0.99) | 33 000 | 3.46 (1.02) | .002 |
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In general, how would you rate your physical health? | 37 936 | 3.04 (0.97) | 33 034 | 3.04 (0.98) | .416 |
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In general, how would you rate your mental health, including your mood and your ability to think? | 37 886 | 3.37 (1.03) | 33 037 | 3.48 (1.05) | <.001 |
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In general, how would you rate your satisfaction with your social activities and relationships? | 37 865 | 3.32 (1.07) | 33 034 | 3.43 (1.11) | <.001 |
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To what extent are you able to carry out your everyday physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs, carrying groceries, or moving a chair? | 37 895 | 4.16 (1.09) | 33 039 | 3.97 (1.15) | <.001 |
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In the past 7 days, how would you rate your pain on average? | 37 831 | 3.75 (0.98) | 32 737 | 3.52 (1.05) | <.001 |
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In the past 7 days, how would you rate your fatigue on average? | 37 867 | 3.61 (0.93) | 32 952 | 3.49 (0.94) | <.001 |
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In general, please rate how well you carry out your usual social activities and roles. (This includes activities at home, at work, and in your community and responsibilities as a parent, child, spouse, employee, friend, etc.) | 37 740 | 3.40 (1.06) | 33 002 | 3.43 (1.11) | <.001 |
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In the past 7 days, how often have you been bothered by emotional problems such as feeling anxious, depressed, or irritable? | 37 896 | 3.52 (1.06) | 33 035 | 3.50 (1.04) | .019 |
Note. GH items on a scale from 1 to 5 where higher scores indicate better health-related quality of life.
GH indicates Global Health; GMH, global mental health; GPH, global physical health; PROMIS, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System; SD, standard deviation.
Questions comprise PROMIS GMH summary score.
Questions comprise PROMIS GPH summary score.