Table 2.
Percentage of problems reported in 5 dimensions of EQ-5D.
| Socio demographic Characteristics | Mobility |
Self-care |
Usual Activities |
Pain/discomfort |
Anxiety/depression |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Problems (%) (n = 350) | Problems (%) (n = 22) | P value | No Problems (%) (n = 364) | Problems (%) (n = 8) | P value | No Problems (%) (n = 341) | Problems (%) (n = 31) | P value | No Problems (%) (n = 314) | Problems (%) (n = 58) | P value | No Problems (%) (n = 326) | Problems (%) (n = 46) | P value | |
| Age (Years) | |||||||||||||||
| 10–19 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.115 | 100 | 0.0 | 0.330 | 100 | 0.0 | 0.745 | 100 | 0.0 | 0.012 | 100 | 0.0 | 0.252 |
| 20–29 | 95.5 | 4.5 | 95.5 | 4.5 | 95.5 | 4.5 | 95.5 | 4.5 | 92.5 | 7.5 | |||||
| 30–39 | 97.7 | 2.3 | 98.9 | 1.1 | 89.8 | 10.2 | 79.5 | 20.5 | 89.8 | 10.2 | |||||
| 40–49 | 94.4 | 5.6 | 100 | 0.0 | 93.0 | 7.0 | 90.1 | 9.9 | 88.7 | 11.3 | |||||
| 50–59 | 89.6 | 10.4 | 96.1 | 3.9 | 90.9 | 9.1 | 79.2 | 20.8 | 79.2 | 20.8 | |||||
| >60 | 93.9 | 6.1 | 98.5 | 1.5 | 89.4 | 10.6 | 78.8 | 21.2 | 87.9 | 12.1 | |||||
| Gender | |||||||||||||||
| Male | 94.9 | 5.1 | 0.589 | 98.6 | 1.4 | 0.333 | 94.9 | 5.1 | 0.36 | 86.9 | 13.1 | 0.195 | 89.7 | 10.3 | 0.264 |
| Female | 92.9 | 7.1 | 96.8 | 3.2 | 87.1 | 12.9 | 80.6 | 19.4 | 84.5 | 15.5 | |||||
| Other | 100 | 0.0 | 100 | 0.0 | 100 | 0.0 | 100 | 0.0 | 100 | 0.0 | |||||
| Marital status | |||||||||||||||
| Married | 93.5 | 6.5 | 0.393 | 97.7 | 2.3 | 1.000 | 90.9 | 9.1 | 0.324 | 83.1 | 16.9 | 0.135 | 86.0 | 14.0 | 0.38 |
| Not married | 96.9 | 3.1 | 98.5 | 1.5 | 95.4 | 4.6 | 90.8 | 9.2 | 95.4 | 4.6 | |||||
| Education | |||||||||||||||
| Illiterate | 100 | 0.0 | 0.125 | 100 | 0.0 | 0.756 | 100 | 0.0 | 0.984 | 100 | 0.0 | 0.619 | 100 | 0.0 | 0.019 |
| Class I to XII | 92.0 | 8.0 | 98.3 | 1.7 | 91.5 | 8.5 | 82.4 | 17.6 | 86.4 | 13.6 | |||||
| Undergraduate | 93.9 | 6.1 | 97.7 | 2.3 | 90.9 | 9.1 | 84.8 | 15.2 | 84.1 | 15.9 | |||||
| Post Graduate | 100 | 0.0 | 96.4 | 3.6 | 92.9 | 7.1 | 87.5 | 12.5 | 98.2 | 1.8 | |||||
| Occupation | |||||||||||||||
| Do not work | 90.9 | 9.1 | 0.017 | 100 | 0.0 | 0.083 | 95.5 | 4.5 | 0.003 | 86.4 | 13.6 | 0.228 | 86.4 | 13.6 | 0.168 |
| Domestic work | 92.2 | 7.8 | 95.1 | 4.9 | 82.5 | 17.5 | 78.6 | 21.4 | 81.6 | 18.4 | |||||
| Clerical, Sales & Professional | 97.7 | 2.3 | 99.4 | 0.6 | 94.8 | 5.2 | 87.9 | 12.1 | 90.2 | 9.8 | |||||
| Unskilled | 89.0 | 11.0 | 97.3 | 2.3 | 95.9 | 4.1 | 83.6 | 16.4 | 90.4 | 9.6 | |||||
| Place of Residence | |||||||||||||||
| Rural | 92.9 | 7.1 | 0.247 | 98.1 | 1.9 | 1.000 | 94.9 | 5.1 | 0.104 | 84.6 | 15.4 | 1.000 | 84.3 | 15.4 | 1.000 |
| Urban | 95.2 | 4.8 | 97.6 | 2.4 | 89.5 | 10.5 | 84.2 | 15.8 | 84.2 | 15.8 | |||||
| Do not know | 85.7 | 14.3 | 100 | 0.0 | 85.7 | 14.3 | 85.7 | 14.3 | 85.7 | 14.3 | |||||
| BMI | |||||||||||||||
| Underweight | 82.4 | 17.6 | 0.112 | 100 | 0.0 | 1.000 | 82.4 | 17.6 | 0.382 | 76.5 | 23.5 | 0.308 | 82.4 | 17.6 | 0.735 |
| Normal | 92.6 | 7.4 | 97.3 | 2.7 | 91.9 | 8.1 | 83.9 | 16.1 | 89.3 | 10.7 | |||||
| Overweight | 95.9 | 4.1 | 98.0 | 2.0 | 91.2 | 8.8 | 83.0 | 17.0 | 87.1 | 12.9 | |||||
| Obese | 96.6 | 3.4 | 98.3 | 1.7 | 94.9 | 5.1 | 91.5 | 8.5 | 86.4 | 13.6 | |||||
| Co-Morbid Illness | |||||||||||||||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 92.0 | 8.0 | 0.393 | 96.0 | 4.0 | 0.218 | 86.7 | 13.3 | 0.100 | 76.0 | 24.0 | 0.032 | 82.7 | 17.3 | 0.168 |
| Hypertension | 93.5 | 6.5 | 0.744 | 95.7 | 4.3 | 0.259 | 87.0 | 13.0 | 0.249 | 76.1 | 23.9 | 0.126 | 80.4 | 19.6 | 0.147 |
| Heart disease | 88.9 | 11.1 | 0.426 | 88.9 | 11.1 | 0.179 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.031 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.151 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.087 |
| Kidney disease | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.168 | 100 | 0.0 | 1.000 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.230 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 0.065 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.328 |
| Respiratory Disease | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.000 | 100 | 0.0 | 1.000 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.230 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.400 | 100 | 0.0 | 1.000 |
| Cancer | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.000 | 100 | 0.0 | 1.000 | 100 | 0.0 | 1.000 | 100 | 0.0 | 1.000 | 100 | 0.0 | 1.000 |
| Other illness | 47.6 | 52.4 | 0.493 | 100 | 0.0 | 1.000 | 100 | 0.0 | 0.610 | 81.8 | 18.2 | 0.684 | 90.9 | 9.1 | 1.000 |
P values are the probability of Fischer's exact test. Bold values were statistically significant at 0.05.