Table 2.
Characteristics of the study participants (N = 7,509) by chronic disease status, survey-weighted
| Overall | 0 chronic disease | 1 chronic disease | 2 chronic diseases | ≥ 3 chronic diseases | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | EQ-5D-5L (SD) | % | EQ-5D-5L (SD) | % | EQ-5D-5L (SD) | % | EQ-5D-5L (SD) | % | EQ-5D-5L (SD) | |
| 30.0% | 0.90 (0.14) | 23.4% | 0.85 (0.16) | 17.0% | 0.79 (0.18) | 29.7% | 0.65 (0.22) | |||
| Age, mean (SD) | 48.6 (18.88) | 40.0 (16.91) | 45.3 (17.33) | 51.0 (17.76) | 58.5 (17.65) | |||||
| 15–24 years | 11.7% | 0.85 (0.18) | 20.4% | 0.89 (0.15) | 13.0% | 0.88 (0.15) | 8.4% | 0.76 (0.25) | 3.7% | 0.72 (0.18) |
| 25–44 years | 31.6% | 0.83 (0.18) | 42.4% | 0.91 (0.13) | 36.9% | 0.84 (0.16) | 29.4% | 0.79 (0.16) | 17.6% | 0.66 (0.20) |
| 45–64 years | 35.1% | 0.78 (0.20) | 28.3% | 0.88 (0.14) | 35.9% | 0.85 (0.16) | 38.7% | 0.78 (0.17) | 39.4% | 0.65 (0.22) |
| ≥ 65 years | 21.6% | 0.72 (0.24) | 8.9% | 0.86 (0.16) | 14.1% | 0.84 (0.18) | 23.5% | 0.79 (0.18) | 39.3% | 0.63 (0.24) |
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Female | 51.6% | 0.77 (0.21) | 46.4% | 0.88 (0.15) | 46.7% | 0.83 (0.17) | 51.3% | 0.77 (0.17) | 60.9% | 0.64 (0.22) |
| Male | 48.4% | 0.82 (0.20) | 53.6% | 0.91 (0.13) | 53.3% | 0.87 (0.16) | 48.7% | 0.80 (0.19) | 39.1% | 0.66 (0.23) |
| Socioeconomic status | ||||||||||
| Low | 16.8% | 0.71 (0.26) | 12.0% | 0.88 (0.16) | 14.1% | 0.83 (0.19) | 16.8% | 0.72 (0.19) | 23.6% | 0.57 (0.27) |
| Intermediate | 32.4% | 0.78 (0.21) | 31.5% | 0.89 (0.15) | 30.2% | 0.83 (0.17) | 33.2% | 0.79 (0.20) | 34.6% | 0.64 (0.22) |
| High | 50.8% | 0.83 (0.17) | 56.6% | 0.90 (0.13) | 55.6% | 0.87 (0.15) | 49.9% | 0.81 (0.16) | 41.8% | 0.70 (0.19) |
| Civil status | ||||||||||
| Single | 29.3% | 0.82 (0.20) | 40.2% | 0.90 (0.15) | 32.0% | 0.85 (0.16) | 24.3% | 0.77 (0.21) | 19.0% | 0.64 (0.22) |
| Married or legally cohabiting | 54.3% | 0.80 (0.19) | 50.2% | 0.90 (0.13) | 54.9% | 0.86 (0.15) | 58.4% | 0.80 (0.16) | 55.8% | 0.68 (0.21) |
| Widow(er) | 6.7% | 0.67 (0.27) | 3.6% | 0.86 (0.18) | 4.4% | 0.83 (0.20) | 6.2% | 0.73 (0.18) | 12.0% | 0.55 (0.28) |
| Divorced | 9.7% | 0.74 (0.23) | 6.1% | 0.88 (0.16) | 8.7% | 0.82 (0.19) | 11.1% | 0.78 (0.18) | 13.2% | 0.63 (0.23) |
| Region | ||||||||||
| Flanders | 58.6% | 0.82 (0.19) | 54.2% | 0.92 (0.12) | 64.0% | 0.87 (0.15) | 60.8% | 0.82 (0.17) | 57.4% | 0.68 (0.21) |
| Brussels | 9.0% | 0.79 (0.21) | 11.3% | 0.88 (0.15) | 8.6% | 0.83 (0.18) | 7.8% | 0.76 (0.17) | 7.8% | 0.63 (0.24) |
| Wallonia | 32.4% | 0.75 (0.22) | 34.5% | 0.86 (0.16) | 27.4% | 0.81 (0.18) | 31.4% | 0.73 (0.18) | 34.8% | 0.60 (0.23) |