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. 2022 Dec 24;59(1):38. doi: 10.3390/medicina59010038

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and health-related quality of life according to general characteristics among participants (N = 301).

Variable N (%) Mean (SD) Total HRQOL Score PCS MCS
Mean t or F (p) Scheffé Mean t or F (p) Scheffé Mean t or F (p) Scheffé
Mean age (years) (range) 37.79 (9.75) (23–61)
Sex
Male 40 (13.3) 67.45 (8.17) 0.767 (0.443) 61.16 (9.01) −0.062 (0.951) 73.75 (10.18) 1.157 (0.248)
Female 261 (86.7) 66.49 (7.27) 61.23 (6.50) 71.74 (10.18)
Profession
Doctor 9 (3.0) 67.03 (11.47) 1.355 (0.250) 61.85 (12.26) 0.820 (0.513) 72.22 (11.66) 1.515 (0.198)
Nurse 225 (74.8) 66.29 (7.09) 61.20 (6.76) 71.39 (9.80)
Nursing assistant 41 (13.6) 67.60 (6.95) 61.20 (6.76) 73.90 (10.40)
Medical assistant 20 (6.6) 66.25 (9.56) 59.83 (8.19) 72.66 (12.91)
Radiation therapist 6 (2.0) 72.77 (4.17) 65.55 (2.72) 80.00 (8.94)
Marital status
Single 121 (40.2) 66.63 (7.25) 0.147 (0.863) 61.37 (7.05) 0.560 (0.572) 71.90 (9.96) 0.018 (0.982)
Married 174 (57.8) 66.66 (7.40) 61.22 (6.62) 72.10 (10.35)
Divorced and widowed 6 (2.0) 65.00 (10.80) 58.33 (10.48) 71.66 (11.49)
Education level
High school 25 (8.3) 67.40 (7.51) 0.411 (0.663) 61.73 (5.78) 0.073 (0.929) 73.06 (11.89) 0.710 (0.493)
College 226 (75.1) 66.70 (7.22) 61.17 (6.94) 72.22 (9.91)
≥Master degree 50 (16.6) 65.86 (8.13) 61.20 (7.15) 70.53 (10.54)
Regular exercise
Yes 88 (29.2) 68.18 (6.06) 2.370 (0.018) 62.72 (5.16) 2.452 (0.015) 73.63 (9.70) 1.787 (0.076)
No 213 (70.8) 65.97 (7.80) 60.61 (7.38) 71.34 (10.32)
Smoking
Yes 15 (5.0) 67.44 (8.40) 0.188 (0.829) 59.77 (9.12) 0.946 (0.390) 75.11 (10.14) 0.734 (0.481)
No 273 (90.7) 66.53 (7.27) 61.20 (6.65) 71.86 (10.11)
Ex-smoker 13 (4.3) 67.43 (9.09) 63.33 (8.49) 71.53 (11.98)
Alcohol
Yes 141 (46.8) 67.47 (7.24) 1.876 (0.062) 61.67 (6.34) 1.065 (0.288) 73.26 (10.45) 0.299 (0.046)
No 160 (53.2) 65.87 (7.46) 60.83 (7.29) 70.91 (9.84)
Religion
Yes 156 (51.8) 65.81 (7.44) −1.982 (0.048) 60.83 (7.25) −1.037 (0.300) 70.79 (9.76) −2.171 (0.031)
No 145 (48.2) 67.49 (7.26) 61.65 (6.42) 73.33 (10.49)
Living arrangement
With family 240 (79.7) 66.56 (7.52) 0.278 (0.781) 60.93 (6.88) 1.499 (0.135) 71.13 (9.72) −0.604 (0.546)
Alone 61 (20.3) 66.85 (6.91) 62.40 (6.72) 72.19 (10.31)
Economic status
≥Middle 251 (83.4) 66.19 (7.10) −2.261 (0.024) 60.87 (6.85) −2.006 (0.046) 71.51 (9.62) −1.922 (0.056)
Low 50 (16.6) 638.76 (8.43) 63.00 (6.70) 74.53 (12.43)
Good sleep quality (PSQI <5) 95(31.6) 68.24 (6.51) 2.612 (0.009) 62.49 (5.85) 2.178 (0.030) 74.00 (9.39) 2.312 (0.021)
Poor sleep quality (PSQI ≥5) 206 (68.4) 65.87 (7.66) 60.64 (7.22) 71.10 (10.42)

Note. PCS, physical component score; MCS, mental component score; PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.