Psychometric Properties of the Greek Haem-A-QoL for Measuring Quality of Life in Greek Haemophilia Patients
Table 7
Stratified Haem-A-QoL scores according to age and health-related characteristics of the sample.
PHa
FLa
VWa
SLb
WSa
DLb
TRa
FUa
FPb
RPb
THQa
Age group
18–30 years
33
30.91
29.26
33.64
52.88
23.48
21.71
25.00
31.52
17.05
13.89
26.27
31–40 years
31
41.13
31.65
38.06
58.39
30.65
27.15
29.23
40.32
33.06
24.19
32.84
41–50 years
30
50.00
40.42
47.33
68.17
35.63
28.06
37.92
44.00
27.92
34.17
38.79
51–60 years
16
51.88
39.06
42.50
66.56
34.37
31.25
31.05
42.50
30.47
27.08
35.55
>60 years
8
55.63
47.66
55.00
67.50
45.31
36.46
40.23
41.25
17.19
28.13
41.24
(sig.)
0.002
0.139
0.020
0.022
0.024
0.533
0.021
0.134
0.125
0.025
0.003
Haemophilia type
A
92
45.00
38.11
42.61
63.70
33.76
27.81
33.49
40.98
27.92
28.89
35.67
B
26
35.77
25.48
35.00
51.73
23.08
24.36
23.32
32.69
18.51
8.97
26.21
(sig.)
0.076
0.015
0.097
0.006
0.014
0.084
0.008
0.066
0.079
0.001
0.001
HIV infection
Yes
33
49.70
41.29
48.79
72.27
40.15
25.25
34.47
45.61
37.12
37.88
40.00
No
85
40.35
33.01
37.88
56.71
28.01
27.75
30.00
36.65
21.47
19.31
31.10
(sig.)
0.026
0.086
0.009
<0.001
0.002
0.850
0.210
0.031
0.002
0.001
0.001
HCV infection
Yes
84
48.63
37.50
43.39
65.06
34.90
26.29
33.11
43.10
30.21
27.28
36.45
No
34
28.97
29.96
34.85
51.18
22.79
28.92
26.65
29.41
15.07
17.65
26.52
(sig.)
0.001
0.115
0.041
0.001
0.002
0.731
0.066
0.001
0.001
0.066
0.001
PH: physical health, FL: feelings, VW: view, SL: sports/leisure, WS: work/school, DL: dealing, TR: treatment, FU: future, FP: family planning, RP: relationship/partnership, and THQ: total haem-A-QoL. aAnalysis was performed using independent samples -test or ANOVA. bAnalysis was performed using Mann-Whitney test or Kruskal-Wallis test.