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Table 4 Association between EQ-5D-5L anxiety/depression subdomain responses and characteristics of survey participants

From: A cross-country comparison of health-related quality of life in the United States, Sweden, and Norway during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

 

Outcome = EQ-5D-5L Anxiety/Depression Subdomain (From No Problems to Extreme Problems)

United States

Sweden

Norway

Pooled

Age

0.976***

0.963***

0.965***

0.971***

Fear on health during pandemic (0–10)

1.105***

1.169***

1.130***

1.118***

Fear on financial situation during pandemic (0–10)

1.152***

1.109***

1.099***

1.135***

Gender

Female

(Reference)

Male

0.658***

0.718***

0.856

0.698***

Education

Under College Education

(Reference)

College Education

0.861*

1.071

0.875

0.910*

Employment

Unemployed

(Reference)

Employed

0.742***

0.680***

0.645***

0.705***

Wave

Wave 1 (Apr 2020)

(Reference)

Wave 2 (Jan 2021)

0.942

1.092

1.282**

1.047

Country

United States

N/A

N/A

N/A

(Reference)

Norway

0.930

Sweden

1.472***

Latent outcome cut points (ancillary parameters)

Not problematic | Slightly

-0.680

-1.533

-0.989

-0.873

Slightly problematic | Moderately

0.771

0.208

0.487

0.641

Moderately problematic | Severely

2.459

1.431

1.679

2.111

Severely problematic | Extremely

3.451

2.889

3.297

3.334

  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001