Table 3.

Results on hypotheses for known-group differences

Hypothesis	Known group	N	Mean rank score	Median	Range	p-value	Confirmed
H16	Happy	800	515	0.9428	0.0–1.0	< .001	Yes
	Unhappy	141	219	0.7562	0.3–1.0
H17	VAS ≥ 65	714	540	0.9448	0.4–1.0	< .001	Yes
	VAS < 65	227	255	0.7879	0.0–1.0
H18	No illness	562	564	0.9495	0.4–1.0	< .001	Yes
	Illness present	379	334	0.8546	0.0–1.0
H19a	Non-obstructing illness	51	255	0.9226	0.5–1.0	< .001	Yes
	Obstructing illness	328	180	0.8312	0.0–1.0
H20	No hospital visit	588	511	0.9375	0.2–1.0	< .001	Yes
	Hospital visit	353	405	0.9149	0.0–1.0
H21	No hospital stay	860	477	0.9305	0.0–1.0	= .017	Yes
	Hospital stay	81	402	0.9149	0.4–1.0
H22	No GP visit	383	549	0.9475	0.2–1.0	< .001	Yes
	GP visit	558	417	0.9149	0.0–1.0
H23	High self-efficacy	415	601	0.9565	0.5–1.0	< .001	Yes
	Low self-efficacy	526	368	0.8790	0.0–1.0
H24	Employed	811	501	0.9375	0.0–1.0	< .001	Yes
	Unemployed/occupational disability	130	283	0.8144	0.2–1.0
H25	Relationship	640	504	0.9375	0.3–1.0	< .001	Yes
	No relationship	301	401	0.9070	0.0–1.0
H26b	Higher education	353	NA	0.9339	0.2–1.0	.021	No
	Medium education	395		0.9339	0.3–1.0
	Lower education	192		0.9149	0.0–1.0

GP general practitioner; VAS visual analogue scale of the EQ-5D-5L

^aThis question was only applicable to 379 participants who indicated to have a chronic illness

^bOne subject is missing from this analysis since the response to this question was not interpretable