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Table 5 Percentage of patients and the general population with problems in the EQ-5D self-classifier [18]

From: Health-related quality of life among general practice patients with differing chronic diseases in Germany: Cross sectional survey

 

General practice patients

General population

 

Moderate problems

Extreme problems

Moderate/extreme problems

Moderate/extreme problems

Mobility

24.4

0.1

24.5

17***

Self-care

3.1

0.3

3.4

3

Usual activity

31.4

1.9

33.3

10***

Pain/discomfort

61.3

7.4

68.7

28***

Anxiety/depression

34.1

2.9

37.0

4***

  1. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001 by chi-square tests on the difference in the proportion of respondents reporting anyproblem between general practice patients and the general population, df = 1.
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