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Table 2 EQ-5D-3L among patients and controls

From: Health-related quality of life after deep vein thrombosis

 

Patients (n = 254)

Controls (n = 122)

Pa (patients versus controls)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

EQ-5D index value

0.79 (0.20)

0.91 (0.12)

<0.001

EQ VAS

72 (19)

82 (15)

<0.001

EQ-5D dimension

Patients with problemsb

Controls with problemsb

Pc

n (%)

n (%)

Mobility

79 (31)

13 (11)

<0.001

Self-care

17 (7)

0 (0)

0.003

Usual activities

68 (27)

8 (7)

<0.001

Pain/discomfort

157 (62)

38 (31)

<0.001

Anxiety/depression

74 (29)

15 (12)

<0.001

  1. PTS post-thrombotic syndrome, SD standard deviation
  2. aMan Whitney U test
  3. bIn the EQ-5D questionnaire, the outcome ‘extreme problems’ occurred very rarely, and this level was merged with the level ‘some problems’ for the statistical analyses
  4. cChi square test for independence
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