Does unemployment contribute to poorer health-related quality of life among Swedish adults?

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Effect on health-related quality of life from becoming unemployed (n = 788)

Health measure	Risk difference^a	Confidence interval	p	Mean Squared Error
Quality-adjusted life years	−0.096^b	[−0.158, −0.041]	< 0.001	0.0379
EQ-5D^c - Usual activities	0.066^d	[0.004, 0.140]	0.036	0.0012
EQ-5D^c - Pain/discomfort	0.064^d	[− 0.085, 0.213]	0.395	0.0058
EQ-5D^c - Anxiety/depression	0.236^d	[0.087, 0.385]	0.002	0.0058
EQ-VAS^e	−7.54^b	[−12.5, −2.99]	< 0.001	5.840
Sensitivity analysis, scenario 1 (n = 780)^f
Quality-adjusted life years	−0.084^b	[−0.145, − 0.029]	0.002	0.0289
EQ-5D - Usual activities	0.053^d	[−0.009, 0.127]	0.107	0.0012
EQ-5D - Pain/discomfort	0.058^d	[−0.091, 0.204]	0.449	0.0057
EQ-5D - Anxiety/depression	0.232^d	[0.083, 0.378]	0.002	0.0057
Sensitivity analysis, scenario 2 (n = 741)^g
Quality-adjusted life years	−0.028^b	[− 0.062, 0.006]	0.108	0.0035
EQ-5D - Usual activities	0.013^d	[− 0.038, 0.076]	0.688	0.0009
EQ-5D - Pain/discomfort	0.032^d	[− 0.134, 0.193]	0.696	0.0069
EQ-5D - Anxiety/depression	0.211^d	[0.051, 0.375]	0.008	0.0067

^aPropensity scores were derived using gender, age, education level, marital status, and previous health for the participants
^bA risk difference above 0 means less problem with health-related quality of life for unemployed than employed
^cEuroQol 5 dimensions
^dA risk difference above 0 means more problem with health-related quality of life for unemployed than employed
^eEuroQol Visual Analogue Scale
^fExcluding those with major problems with movement, hygiene, or usual activities
^gExcluding those with major problems on any level

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