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Table 1 Sample characteristics (= 1,036)

From: EORTC QLQ-C30 general population normative data for Italy by sex, age and health condition: an analysis of 1,036 individuals

  

Unweighted data

Weighted data

Sex N (%)

Male

518 (50.0%)

(48.3%)

 

Female

518 (50.0%)

(51.7%)

Age

M (SD)

52.4 (15.3)

49.3 (16.9)

 

Median [IQR]

53.5 [25]

50 [29]

Education N (%)

Below compulsory education

0 (0.0%)

(0.0%)

 

Compulsory school

17 (1.6%)

(1.5%)

 

Some post-compulsory school

122 (11.8%)

(10.9%)

 

Post-compulsory below university

565 (54.6%)

(54.4%)

 

University degree (Bachelor)

279 (27.0%)

(28.2%)

 

Postgraduate Degree

51 (4.9%)

(4.7%)

 

Prefer not to answer

2

 

Marital status N (%)

Single/not in a steady relationship

214 (20.9%)

(25.5%)

 

Married or in a steady relationship

697 (68.1%)

(64.3%)

 

Separated/divorced/widowed

113 (11.0%)

(10.3%)

 

Prefer not to answer

12

 

Employment status N (%)

Full-time employed

299 (28.9%)

(28.4%)

 

Part-time employed

76 (7.4%)

(7.5%)

 

Homemaker

106 (10.3%)

(9.7%)

 

Student

48 (4.6%)

(8.5%)

 

Unemployed

94 (9.1%)

(9.7%)

 

Retired

272 (26.3%)

(23.2%)

 

Self-employed

128 (12.4%)

(12.0%)

 

Other

11 (1.1%)

(1.0%)

 

Prefer not to answer

2

 

Comorbidity N (%)

None

373 (37.7%)

(39.3%)

 

One or more

617 (62.3%)

(60.7%)

 

Chronic Pain

202 (20.4%)

(19.7%)

 

Heart Disease

60 (6.1%)

(5.4%)

 

Cancer

19 (1.9%)

(1.7%)

 

Depression

98 (9.9%)

(10.2%)

 

COPD

23 (2.3%)

(2.0%)

 

Arthritis

75 (7.6%)

(7.4%)

 

Diabetes

90 (9.1%)

(8.4%)

 

Asthma

50 (5.1%)

(5.4%)

 

Anxiety disorder

128 (12.9%)

(13.2%)

 

Obesity

93 (9.4%)

(9.6%)

 

Drug/alcohol disorder

7 (0.7%)

(0.7%)

 

Other

165 (16.6%)

(15.5%)

 

Prefer not to answer

40

 
 

Missing

6