Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health-Related Quality of Life among Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases in Vietnam

Table 3

EQ-5D index and EQ-VAS according to socioeconomic characteristics of patients.

Domain	Total		EQ-5D index			EQ-VAS
	n		Mean	SD	p-value	Mean	SD	p-value
Age groups
< 30 years old	56	9.3	0.93	0.16	<0.01	90.1	10.1	<0.01
30- <45 years old	55	9.2	0.85	0.17		78.3	13.9
45- <60 years old	167	27.8	0.85	0.20		78.3	12.4
≥ 60 years old	322	53.7	0.77	0.22		75.3	13.5
Gender
Male	249	41.5	0.84	0.20	0.01	79.7	13.5	<0.01
Female	351	58.5	0.80	0.22		76.5	13.5
Education
< High school	393	65.5	0.81	0.21	0.91	78.0	13.6	0.88
High school	110	18.3	0.82	0.21		77.6	13.2
> High school	97	16.2	0.82	0.21		77.3	14.2
Living location
Urban	280	46.7	0.82	0.21	0.59	77.1	13.7	0.26
Rural	320	53.3	0.81	0.21		78.4	13.4
Having health insurance
Yes	496	82.7	0.81	0.21	0.16	77.9	13.9	0.65
No	104	17.3	0.84	0.19		77.2	11.9
Participating in the chronic diseases management program in hospital
Yes	212	35.3	0.82	0.21	0.71	76.9	13.8	0.22
No	388	64.7	0.81	0.22		78.3	13.4