Table 4. Distribution of Differences in Mean Scores of QoL According to Patients’ Characteristics.
| Characteristics |
Overall QoL
(Mean ± SD) |
P-value |
| Age group, y | ||
| ≤ 20 | 51.0 ± 9.6 | 0.437 |
| 21- 40 | 44.6 ± 9.3 | |
| 41- 60 | 46.8 ± 8.1 | |
| >60 | 43.8 ± 1.9 | |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 45.8 ± 6.3 | 0.84 |
| Male | 46.3 ± 9.7 | |
| Educational level | ||
| Illiterate | 41.9 ± 3.8 | 0.16 |
| Primary school | 46.9 ± 9.9 | |
| Secondary school | 47.7 ± 6.9 | |
| Institute or college | 49.1 ± 11.8 | |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 46.7 ± 12.5 | 0.91 |
| Married | 46.1 ± 7.1 | |
| Divorced | 44.6 ± 2.3 | |
| Financial status | ||
| Sufficient | 44.5 ± 2.7 | 0.18 |
| Barely sufficient | 47.8 ± 9.8 | |
| Insufficient | 43.2 ± 4.8 | |
| Chronic disease | ||
| No | 61.9 ± 11.9 | 0.0001 |
| Yes | 43.9 ± 5.1 |