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Table 2 Observed utility values of EQ-5D-3L of chronic patients by contracting status and household income in rural Shandong, China, 2018

From: Family doctor contract services and health-related quality of life among patients with chronic diseases in rural China: what is the role of socioeconomic status?

Characteristics

Mean ± SD a

EQ-5D-3L (%) b

Mo

SC

UA

PD

AD

Total

0.844 ± 0.177

24.9

11.9

24.5

52.5

22.3

Contracting status c

 No

0.831 ± 0.181

28.1

13.9

27.6

54.7

24.3

 Yes

0.875 ± 0.141***

17.2

7.0

16.9

47.3

17.5

Household income

Q1

  No

0.792 ± 0.195

34.8

19.7

35.3

61.9

31.6

  Yes

0.849 ± 0.163*

24.3

10.8

27.0

50.0

20.3

Q2

  No

0.822 ± 0.185

30.7

15.6

25.4

56.6

23.9

  Yes

0.873 ± 0.139*

14.6

7.3

18.3

48.8

19.5

Q3

  No

0.831 ± 0.177

27.4

13.5

30.3

57.2

23.6

  Yes

0.889 ± 0.125**

15.8

5.3

13.7

45.3

12.6

Q4

  No

0.886 ± 0.144

17.7

5.6

17.7

41.4

16.7

  Yes

0.883 ± 0.140

15.4

5.8

11.5

46.2

19.4

Education attainment

Primary education or below

  No

0.809 ± 0.185

32.4

16.9

32.0

60.0

28.2

  Yes

0.844 ± 0.149*

22.9

9.8

20.5

56.6

22.0

Junior education

  No

0.883 ± 0.153

18.2

6.6

16.7

42.9

13.6

  Yes

0.904 ± 0.115

11.0

3.0

12.0

42.0

15.0

Senior education or above

  No

0.869 ± 0.181

18.8

9.4

20.3

43.8

21.9

  Yes

0.942 ± 0.118*

6.0

4.0

12.0

20.0

4.0

Employment status

Unemployed

  No

0.765 ± 0.204

42.6

24.1

41.8

68.6

29.7

  Yes

0.842 ± 0.160***

30.1

12.2

23.6

51.2

21.9

Employed

  No

0.858 ± 0.162

22.1

9.7

21.8

49.0

22.1

  Yes

0.893 ± 0.127***

10.3

4.3

13.4

45.3

15.1

  1. Note: HRQOL Health-related quality of life, MO Mobility, SC Self-care, UA Usual activity, PD Pain/discomfort, AD Anxiety/depression
  2. P-values with statistical significance: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001
  3. a Observed EQ-5D-3L utility values; SD: standard deviation
  4. b Observed frequency (%) of “have problems” in EQ-5D-3L dimensions
  5. c Independent-samples t-test was used to compare the EQ-5D utility values between contracting status