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. 2021 Sep 20;29(11):1348–1354. doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2021.09.002

Table 3.

Bivariate analysis highlighting mean differences in scores for health domains.

Variables Health domains
Physical Psychological Social Environment Overall QoL General Health
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Age (p-value) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.042 0.002 <0.001
 ≤40 years 11.29 (2.21) 12.66 (2.12) 12.66 (3.39) 12.14 (2.59) 3.23 (0.98) 3.48 (0.87)
 >40 years 12.27 (1.93) 13.73 (2.01) 14.11 (3.00) 12.77 (2.55) 3.58 (0.91) 3.93 (0.83)
Gender (p-value) 0.230 0.035 0.937 0.026 0.925 0.049
 Male 11.87 (2.18) 13.43 (2.21) 13.23 (3.41) 12.83 (2.58) 3.36 (1.05) 3.79 (0.93)
 Female 11.56 (2.14) 12.88 (2.08) 13.22 (3.27) 12.13 (2.57) 3.37 (0.92) 3.58 (0.85)
Social status (p-value) 0.044 0.089 0.001 0.048 0.108 0.024
 Married 11.85 (2.05) 13.23 (2.12) 13.68 (3.18) 12.59 (2.49) 3.43 (0.94) 3.74 (0.83)
 Single 11.32 (2.31) 12.78 (2.16) 12.35 (3.41) 11.96 (2.75) 3.24 (1.00) 3.48 (0.96)
Education (p-value) 0.532 0.900 0.927 0.397 0.384 0.827
 Bachelors 11.72 (2.14) 13.07 (2.13) 13.23 (3.31) 12.31 (2.55) 3.40 (0.94) 3.66 (0.83)
 Others (Masters & Doctorate) 11.53 (2.20) 13.11 (2.17) 13.19 (3.34) 12.62 (2.75) 3.28 (1.05) 3.63 (1.07)
Occupation 1 (p-value) 0.483 0.280 0.912 0.046 0.772 0.251
 Physician 11.87 (2.24) 13.37 (2.11) 13.18 (3.40) 13.04 (2.56) 3.33 (1.11) 3.78 (0.97)
 Others (Allied health + Nurse + Pharmacist) 11.63 (2.14) 13.02 (2.14) 13.23 (3.30) 12.24 (2.58) 3.38 (0.94) 3.63 (0.84)
Occupation 2 (p-value) 0.988 0.102 0.268 0.209 0.622 0.392
 Nurse 11.68 (2.12) 12.92 (2.06) 13.39 (3.25) 12.23 (2.52) 3.39 (0.92) 3.62 (0.81)
 Others (Allied health + Physician + Pharmacist) 11.67 (2.22) 13.34 (2.24) 12.95 (3.41) 12.63 (2.69) 3.33 (1.04) 3.71 (0.98)
Occupation 3 (p-value) 0.443 0.525 0.582 0.122 0.644 0.345
 Allied health 11.87 (2.22) 13.24 (2.24) 13.01 (3.42) 12.86 (2.62) 3.32 (1.09) 3.75 (0.97)
 Others (Nurse + Physician + Pharmacist) 11.62 (2.14) 13.04 (2.12) 13.28 (3.29) 12.27 (2.58) 3.38 (0.93) 3.63 (0.86)
Work experience (p-value) 0.033 0.015 0.006 0.074 0.109 <0.001
 ≤15 years 11.49 (2.21) 12.88 (2.10) 12.87 (3.26) 12.20 (2.51) 3.31 (0.98) 3.52 (0.90)
 >15 years 12.08 (1.98) 13.54 (2.16) 14.02 (3.32) 12.79 (2.74) 3.51 (0.92) 3.97 (0.76)
Extra working hours (p-value) 0.045 0.142 0.161 0.012 0.032 0.010
 No 12.02 (11.50) 13.34 (2.25) 13.61 (3.09) 12.93 (2.59) 3.54 (0.99) 3.84 (0.89)
 Yes 11.50 (2.09) 12.95 (2.07) 13.03 (3.41) 12.11 (2.55) 3.28 (0.94) 3.56 (0.86)
Direct contact with COVID-19 patients (p-value) 0.370 0.739 0.351 0.785 0.479 0.622
 No 11.58 (2.13) 13.04 (2.14) 13.08 (3.34) 12.42 (2.53) 3.34 (1.00) 3.63 (0.92)
 Yes 11.82 (2.20) 13.13 (2.15) 13.45 (3.28) 12.33 (2.69) 3.42 (0.91) 3.69 (0.83)
Applied Independent sample t test