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Table 3 Association of Health-SigQOLM with three distinctly different categories of current health status (i.e. healthy, mild infirmity, poor health)

From: Health-SigQOLM is a versatile scale for measuring various aspects of health-related quality of life

Based on the scenario of health condition

Mean (SD)

p-value

Category 1 (Healthy)

Category 2 (Mild Infirmity)

Category 3–5 (Poor Health)

82.4 (10.3)

< 0.001

78.4 (10.8)

 

71.5 (10.8)

 

One-Way ANOVA Post-hoc tests by pairwise multiple comparisons (LSD*)

  

Category 1 vs. Category 2

Category 1 vs. Category 3–5

Category 2 vs. Category 3–5

 

0.002

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

  1. Note:
  2. Category 1: Healthy and without any pre-existing comorbidity(ies)
  3. Category 2: With comorbidity (ies) but have never been hospitalized due to disease progression or complications
  4. Category 3: With comorbidities (ies) and have already been hospitalized due to disease progression or complications
  5. Category 4: With comorbidities (ies) and have already been hospitalized at least three times due to disease progression or complications
  6. Category 5: Dependent on medicine and medical procedure(s) and/or medical equipment as a life support tool to maintain life (i.e. major surgery, renal dialysis, blood transfusion for thalassemia, heart transplant/stent placement, chemotherapy for cancer, etc.
  7. *LSD: Least Significant Difference