Table 1 Percentages of subjects self-reported problems and means of visual analogue scale (VAS), total and by sex
EQ-5D dimension | The current study | Findings from a national population-based survey in China, 2008 [15] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total* | ||||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | % (N = 58,163) | % (N = 62,540) | % (N = 120,703) | |
Mobility | |||||||||
No | 604 | 98.7 | 707 | 94.8 | 1,311 | 96.5 | 95.7 | 94.6 | 95.1 |
Moderate | 8 | 1.3 | 38 | 5.1 | 46 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 |
Extreme | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Self-care | |||||||||
No | 610 | 99.7 | 741 | 99.3 | 1,351 | 99.5 | 97.3 | 96.6 | 96.9 |
Moderate | 2 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.7 | 7 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
Extreme | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Usual activities | |||||||||
No | 596 | 97.4 | 723 | 96.9 | 1,319 | 97.1 | 96.0 | 94.9 | 95.4 |
Moderate | 16 | 2.6 | 21 | 2.8 | 37 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
Extreme | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
Pain/Discomfort | |||||||||
No | 486 | 79.4 | 537 | 72.0 | 1,023 | 75.3 | 92.8 | 89.5 | 91.1 |
Moderate | 122 | 19.9 | 205 | 27.5 | 327 | 24.1 | 6.9 | 10.0 | 8.5 |
Extreme | 4 | 0.7 | 4 | 0.5 | 8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
Anxiety/Depression | |||||||||
No | 305 | 49.8 | 287 | 38.5 | 592 | 43.6 | 94.8 | 92.9 | 93.8 |
Moderate | 259 | 42.3 | 362 | 48.5 | 621 | 45.7 | 4.9 | 6.7 | 5.8 |
Extreme | 48 | 7.8 | 97 | 13.0 | 145 | 10.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
VAS score | |||||||||
612 | 69.0 (mean) | 746 | 62.1 (mean) | 1,358 | 65.2 (mean) | 80.9 (mean) | 79.4 (mean) | 80.1 (mean) | |