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. 2021 Dec 20;9:780753. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.780753

Table 2.

Problems in EQ-5D-3L dimensions (%, n), mean and median EQ VAS score, mean TTO index value, mean VAS index value, by age group, homeless people in 2006 and 2018, Stockholm.

EQ-5D-3L dimensions Age groups (years)
Total <35 35–44 45–54 55+
2006 2018 2006 2018 2006 2018 2006 2018 2006 2018
% (n) % (n) % (n) % (n) % (n) % (n) % (n) % (n) % (n) % (n)
Mobility
No problems 73.9 (113) 61.5 (91) 100.0 (11) 84.2 (16) 85.0 (34) 88.0 (22) 71.2 (42) 52.1 (25) 60.5 (26) 50.0 (28)
Moderate problems 25.5 (39) 37.2 (55) 0.0 (0) 15.8 (3) 15.0 (6) 12.0 (3) 27.1 (16) 45.8 (22) 39.5 (17) 48.2 (27)
Severe problems 0.6 (1) 1.4 (2) 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0) 1.7 (1) 2.1 (1) 0.0 (0) 1.8 (1)
Self-Care
No problems 93.5 (143) 91.2 (135) 100.0 (11) 100.0 (19) 97.5 (39) 96.0 (24) 96.6 (57) 89.6 (43) 83.7 (36) 87.5 (49)
Moderate problems 6.5 (10) 7.4 (11) 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0) 2.5 (1) 0.0 (0) 3.4 (2) 8.3 (4) 16.3 (7) 12.5 (7)
Severe problems 0.0 (0) 1.4 (2) 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0) 4.0 (1) 0.0 (0) 2.1 (1) 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0)
Usual Activities
No problems 79.7 (122) 60.8 (90)* 81.8 (9) 52.6 (10) 77.5 (31) 68.0 (17) 84.8 (50) 62.5 (30)* 74.4 (32) 58.9 (33)
Moderate problems 17.7 (27) 31.1 (46) 18.2 (2) 36.8 (7) 20.0 (8) 28.0 (7) 15.2 (9) 27.1 (13) 18.6 (8) 33.9 (19)
Severe problems 2.6 (4) 8.1 (12) 0.0 (0) 10.5 (0) 2.5 (1) 4.0 (1) 0.0 (0) 10.4 (5) 7.0 (3) 7.1 (4)
Pain/Discomfort
No problems 42.1 (64) 21.6 (32)* 54.6 (6) 42.1 (8) 61.5 (24) 24.0 (6)* 35.6 (21) 14.6 (7)* 30.2 (13) 19.6 (11)
Moderate problems 41.5 (63) 48.7 (72) 36.4 (4) 47.4 (9) 23.1 (9) 60.0 (15) 49.2 (29) 39.6 (19) 48.8 (21) 51.8 (29)
Severe problems 16.5 (25) 29.7 (44) 9.1 (1) 10.5 (2) 15.4 (6) 16.0 (4) 15.2 (9) 45.8 (22) 20.9 (9) 28.6 (16)
Anxiety/Depression
No problems 26.7 (40) 20.3 (30) 18.2 (2) 21.1 (4) 28.2 (11) 16.0 (4) 22.4 (13) 25.0 (12) 33.3 (14) 17.9 (10)
Moderate problems 47.3 (71) 42.6 (63) 45.4 (5) 21.1 (4) 48.7 (19) 52.0 (13) 51.7 (30) 37.5 (18) 40.5 (17) 50.0 (28)
Severe problems 26.0 (39) 37.2 (55) 36.4 (4) 57.9 (11) 23.1 (11) 32.0 (8) 25.9 (15) 37.5 (18) 26.2 (11) 32.1 (18)
EQ VAS Score (mean) 56.5 53.4 49.6 57.9 61.3 52.6 57.6 51.8 52.4 53.5
[SD] [23.4] [26.7] [25.5] [37.7] [21.4] [25.5] [22.7] [27.0] [25.1] [23.7]
EQ VAS score (median) 60.0 50.0 50.0 55.0 40.0 60.0 62.5 50.0 50.0 50.0
[IQR] [35.0] [40.0] [35.0] [82.0] [40.0] [45.0] [25.0] [38.0] [40.0] [37.5]
TTO index value (mean) 0.808 0.730* 0.827 0.724 0.830 0.775 0.807 0.711* 0.784 0.729
[SD] [0.150] [0.156] [0.144] [0.168] [0.142] [0.134] [0.138] [0.173] [0.173] [0.144]
VAS index value (mean) 65.3 54.8* 68.3 55.4 68.5 60.3 64.6 52.1* 62.3 54.4
[SD] [19.5] [19.7] [19.1] [21.9] [18.9] [17.4] [17.9] [21.6] [22.1] [18.2]

Moderate and severe problems were collapsed into any problems when testing for significant differences.

*

Statistically significant difference (<0.05) between survey years.