TABLE 1.
Socio‐demographic characteristics and EQ‐5D Index and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores
| EQ5D‐3L Index | Spearman's rho correlation coefficient | EQ5D‐3L VAS | Spearman's rho correlation coefficient | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | Median (Q1‐Q3) | P‐value* | Median (Q1‐Q3) | P‐value* | |||
| Total | 1367 | 100 | 0.65 (0.5‐0.75) | 80 (60‐90) | ||||
| Response time | .013 | .324 | ||||||
| November | 937 | 68.5 | 0.64 (0.49‐0.75) | 80 (60‐90) | ||||
| December | 430 | 31.5 | 0.65 (0.50‐0.80) | 80 (70‐90) | ||||
| Gender | .000 | .000 | ||||||
| Female | 905 | 66.2 | 0.60 0.49‐0.75) | 80 (60‐90) | ||||
| Male | 463 | 33.9 | 0.75 (045‐1.0) | 80 (70‐90) | ||||
| Age | .000 ** | r = 0.186 | 72.9 (22.14) | .028 ** | r = 0.060 | |||
| Living site | .063 | .166 | ||||||
| Palestinian Refugee Camp | 47 | 3.4 | 0.60 (0.39‐0.75) | 78 (60‐85) | ||||
| City | 657 | 48.1 | 0.65 (0.5‐0.75) | 80 (60‐90) | ||||
| Village | 663 | 48.5 | 0.65 (0.5‐0.75) | 80 (60‐90) | ||||
| Residency place | .000 | .001 | ||||||
| Gaza strip | 34 | 2.5 | 0.34 (−0.05‐0.54) | 73 (65.8‐87.3) | ||||
| Jerusalem | 68 | 5 | 0.75 (0.60‐1.00) | 85 (70‐90) | ||||
| Palestine (1948) | 139 | 10.2 | 0.65 (0.50‐0.75) | 85 (70‐90) | ||||
| West Bank | 1126 | 82.4 | 0.65 (0.50‐0.75) | 80 (60‐90) | ||||
| Educational level | .000 | .326 | ||||||
| School studies | 101 | 7.4 | 0.60 (0.35‐0.75) | 80 (62.5‐90) | ||||
| University study | 1092 | 79.9 | 0.64 (0.49‐0.75) | 80 (60‐90) | ||||
| Post graduate study | 174 | 12.7 | 0.75 (0.60‐1.00) | 80 (60‐90) | ||||
| Employment status | .000 | .014 | ||||||
| Employed | 425 | 31.1 | 0.75 (0.55‐1.00) | 80 (70‐90) | ||||
| Unemployed | 127 | 9.3 | 0.65 (0.49‐0.75) | 78 (60‐90) | ||||
| Student | 815 | 59.6 | 0.60 (0.44‐0.75) | 80 (60‐90) | ||||
| Marital status | .000 | .182 | ||||||
| Married | 365 | 26.7 | 0.75 (0.59‐1.00) | 80 (70‐90) | ||||
| Single | 973 | 71.2 | 0.60 (0.49‐0.75) | 80 (60‐90) | ||||
| Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 29 | 2.1 | 0.54 (0.27‐0.75) | 70 (50‐84) | ||||
| Income (ILS) | .048 *** | .000 | ||||||
| Less than 2000 | 146 | 10.7 | 0.60 (0.49‐0.75) | 72.5 (53.8‐90) | ||||
| 2000‐4999 | 649 | 47.5 | 0.64 (0.45‐0.75) | 80 (60‐90) | ||||
| 5000‐9999 | 380 | 27.8 | 0.65 (0.50‐0.75) | 80 (70‐90) | ||||
| 10 000 and more | 192 | 14.0 | 0.65 (0.50‐1.00) | 85 (70‐90) | ||||
| Medical field working? | .123 | .593 | ||||||
| Yes | 557 | 40.7 | 0.65 (0.50‐0.75) | 80 (60‐90) | ||||
| No | 810 | 59.2 | 0.60 (0.49‐0.75) | 80 (60‐90) | ||||
*
P‐values obtained from either Mann‐Whitney U test, or Kruskal‐Wallis test.
**
P‐values obtained from Spearman's Correlation. Bold P‐values are statistically significant (Mann‐Whitney U test or Kruskal‐Wallis test and Bonferroni).
***
Statistically not significant after adjustment.