Does treatment adherence correlates with health related quality of life? findings from a cross sectional study

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Characteristics of survey respondents and description of HRQoL scores

Description	N (%)	Mean EQ-5D Score	Std Deviation	Mean EQ-VAS Score	Std Deviation
*Age* (39.02 6.596)
18-27	48 (12.5)	0.5913	0.18401	66.81	5.652
28-37	186 (48.3)	0.5007	0.25706	64.68	5.862
38-47	128 (33.2)	0.4104	0.31491	59.87	7.160
>48	23 (6.0)	0.2576	0.28444	63.97	6.621
*Gende* r
Male	265 (68.8)	0.4677	0.28194	64.03	6.466
Female	120 (31.2)	0.4669	0.29107	63.84	6.978
*Education*
Illiterate	9 (2.3)	0.2543	0.33554	59.44	6.521
Religious	62 (16.1)	0.3005	0.34637	60.63	6.744
Primary	7 (1.8)	0.5583	0.18048	63.57	2.992
Matric	51 (13.2)	0.4371	0.28744	64.59	7.245
Intermediate	51 (13.2)	0.5231	0.25906	65.06	5.774
BA/BSc	154 (40.0)	0.5293	0.23171	64.84	6.130
Masters	51 (13.2)	0.4835	0.28105	64.59	7.119
*Occupation*
Jobless	97 (25.2)	0.4337	0.29882	63.24	7.077
Government official	78 (20.3)	0.4796	0.27688	64.44	7.011
Private Job	134 (34.8)	0.5295	0.23761	65.16	5.503
Businessman	76 (19.7)	0.3886	0.32602	62.36	7.080
*Income*
Nil	97 (25.2)	0.4337	0.29882	63.24	7.077
< Pk Rs 5000	2 (0.5)	0.4210	0.33234	65.00	7.071
5000-10000	22 (5.7)	0.5628	0.19853	65.68	6.549
10000-15000	104 (27.0)	0.5231	0.23856	65.25	5.841
> 15000	160 (41.6)	0.4392	0.30643	63.34	6.735
*Locality*
Urban	289 (75.1)	0.5113	0.25466	64.97	6.156
Rural	96 (24.9)	0.3356	0.32713	60.98	7.089
*Duration of disease* (3.010.939)
Less than 1year	26 (6.8)	0.5885	0.18203	67.04	4.976
1-3years	89 (23.1)	0.5158	0.25582	65.33	6.335
3-5years	124 (32.2)	0.4738	0.26777	64.35	6.106
> 5years	146 (37.9)	0.4110	0.31733	62.28	7.074
Total Sample	385	0.4674	0.28444	63.97	6.621

The mean HRQoL score was 46.7428.44 with VAS score 63.976.621 indicting poor status of life in our study respondents

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