Research Article

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

Table 4

Factors associated with EQ-5D index and EQ-VAS in patients with cardiovascular diseases.

CharacteristicsEQ-5D indexEQ-VAS
OutpatientsInpatientsOutpatientsInpatients
Coef.95%CICoef.95%CICoef.95%CICoef.95%CI

Age groups (vs < 30 years old)
30 - < 45 years-0.004-0.33; 0.33-0.50∗∗∗-0.75; -0.26-8.21-19.98; 3.56-16.66∗∗∗-24.43; -8.88
45 - < 60 years-0.02-0.33; 0.30-0.40∗∗∗-0.60; -0.20-8.25-19.43; 2.94-16.69∗∗∗-22.70; -10.67
60 years and above-0.13-0.44; 0.18-0.55∗∗∗-0.74; -0.36-12.12∗∗-23.18; -1.05-18.72∗∗∗-23.84; -13.60
Gender (Male vs Female)0.12∗∗0.02; 0.220.09-0.01; 0.193.66∗∗0.28; 7.032.36-1.18; 5.90
Education (vs < High school)
High school-0.04-0.14; 0.070.03-0.12; 0.18-1.33-5.05; 2.402.95-2.51; 8.40
> High school-0.01-0.14; 0.13-0.01-0.15; 0.13-1.02-5.83; 3.800.94-3.96; 5.84
Living location (Urban vs Rural)0.07-0.02; 0.160.04-0.06; 0.15-1.70-4.86; 1.46-0.12-3.89; 3.66
Having health insurance (Yes vs No)-0.19∗∗∗-0.32; -0.06-0.02-0.23; 0.20-1.36-6.01; 3.28-7.36-15.26; 0.55
Number of hospital visits last year0.002-0.01; 0.02-0.08∗∗∗-0.14; -0.030.21-0.29; 0.71-0.99-2.97; 0.99
Participating in the chronic diseases management program in hospital (Yes vs No)0.19∗∗∗0.05; 0.34-0.03-0.16; 0.102.23-2.85; 7.32-2.48-7.37; 2.41
Constant0.99∗∗∗0.68; 1.291.47∗∗∗1.17; 1.7885.35∗∗∗74.36; 96.34102.21∗∗∗92.39; 112.03

<0.01, <0.05, <0.1.