Table 4 Bivariate analysis of LSE population factors towards EQ-VAS
From: Health related quality of life (HRQOL) among low socioeconomic population in Malaysia
Independent variables | Visual analogue score (EQ-VAS) | Χ2 | p-value | OR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor | Good | ||||
Gender | |||||
 Female | 76 (50.3) | 75 (49.7) | 5.14 | 0.023 | 1.82 (1.08–3.07) |
 Male | 35 (35.7) | 63 (64.3) |  |  |  |
Age (years) | |||||
 ≤ 42 | 50 (43.5) | 65 (56.5) | 0.16 | 0.9 | 0.97 (0.58–1.60) |
 > 42 | 58 (44.3) | 73 (55.7) |  |  |  |
Ethnic | |||||
 Non-Malay | 42 (48.8) | 44 (51.2) | 0.96 | 0.326 | 1.30 (0.77–2.19) |
 Malay | 69 (42.3) | 94 (57.7) |  |  |  |
Education | |||||
 Low | 96 (49.2) | 99 (50.8) | 7.10 | 0.008 | 3.03 (1.30–7.05) |
 High | 8 (24.2) | 25 (75.8) |  |  |  |
Employment | |||||
 Employed | 67 (42.4) | 91 (57.6) | 0.87 | 0.351 | 0.78 (0.47–1.30) |
 Unemployed | 46 (48.4) | 49 (51.6) |  |  |  |
Marital status | |||||
 Single | 42 (47.7) | 46 (52.3) | 0.56 | 0.453 | 1.22 (0.72–2.06) |
 Married | 68 (42.8) | 91 (57.2) |  |  |  |
Living place | |||||
 Urban | 50 (45.9) | 59 (54.1) | 0.07 | 0.784 | 1.07 (0.064–1.78) |
 Rural | 56 (44.1) | 71 (55.9) |  |  |  |
Household income | |||||
 (MYR) | 68 (43.9) | 87 (56.1) | 0.10 | 0.750 | 0.92 (0.55–1.53) |
 ≤ 1737 | 45 (45.9) | 53 (54.1) |  |  |  |
 > 1737 |  |  |  |  |  |
 Medical status |  |  | 11.98 | 0.001 | 2.63 (1.51–4.58) |
 Present | 46 (61.3) | 29 (38.7) |  |  |  |
 Absent | 67 (37.6) | 111 (62.4) |  |  |  |