The Relationship between Physical Activity and Health-Related Quality of Life (HINT-Eight) in Middle-Aged Korean Women

Table 2

The association between HINT-eight and physical activity ().

HINT-eight	Subdomain	Categories	Physical activity
			No	Yes	Sum
Physical health area	Climbing stairs	No difficulty	393 (29.7)	309 (23.4)	702 (53.1)	23.964	0.001
		Some difficulty	314 (23.8)	224 (16.9)	538 (40.7)
		Lot of difficulty	57 (4.3)	16 (1.2)	73 (5.5)
		Cannot climb	9 (0.7)	0 (0.0)	9 (0.7)
	Pain	No pain at all	293 (22.2)	212 (16.0)	505 (38.2)	0.203	0.977
		Slightly present	416 (31.5)	295 (22.3)	711 (53.8)
		Severe pain	55 (4.2)	36 (2.7)	91 (6.9)
		Excruciating pain	9 (0.7)	6 (0.5)	15 (1.1)
	Vitality	Always	225 (17.0)	185 (14.0)	410 (31.0)	20.452	0.001
		Frequently	243 (18.4)	191 (14.5)	434 (32.9)
		Occasionally	257 (19.5)	162 (12.3)	419 (31.7)
		Never at all	48 (3.6)	10 (0.8)	58 (4.4)
Social health area	Work	No difficulty	424 (32.1)	311 (23.5)	735 (55.6)	6.501	0.090
		A little	288 (21.8)	213 (16.1)	501 (37.9)
		A lot	45 (3.4)	20 (1.5)	65 (4.9)
		Cannot work	16 (1.2)	5 (0.4)	21 (1.6)
Mental health area	Depression	Not depressed at all	402 (30.4)	274 (20.7)	676 (51.1)	1.130	0.770
		Often depressed	333 (25.2)	251 (19.0)	584 (44.2)
		Occasionally depressed	33 (2.5)	20 (1.5)	53 (4.0)
		Always depressed	5 (0.4)	4 (0.3)	9 (0.7)
	Memory	No difficulty	339 (25.6)	226 (17.1)	565 (42.7)	4.284	0.232
		A little	409 (30.9)	311 (23.5)	720 (54.5)
		A lot	23 (1.7)	12 (0.9)	35 (2.6)
		Never memory	2 (0.2)	0 (0.0)	2 (0.2)
	Sleep	No difficulty	351 (26.6)	247 (18.7)	598 (45.2)	7.049	0.070
		A little	347 (26.2)	245 (18.5)	592 (44.8)
		A lot	75 (5.7)	53 (4.0)	128 (9.7)
		Difficulty sleeping	0 (0.0)	4 (0.3)	4 (0.3)
Positive health area	Happiness	Always happy	144 (10.9)	110 (8.3)	254 (19.2)	13.300	0.004
		Often happy	261 (19.7)	231 (17.5)	492 (37.2)
		Occasionally happy	337 (25.5)	190 (14.4)	527 (39.9)
		Never happy	31 (2.3)	18 (1.4)	49 (3.7)