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Table 3 Comparison of individual domains score against socio-demographics variables

From: Quality of life (QoL) among COVID-19 recovered healthcare workers in Bangladesh

Variables

Physical

Psychological

Social

Environmental

Age group

  < 26

76.83 ± 11.72

66.88 ± 14.92

64.43 ± 15.90

60.15 ± 12.76

 26 – 30

71.69 ± 13.74

65.76 ± 15.72

66.67 ± 16.91

64.10 ± 12.06

 31 – 35

72.01 ± 12.72

62.84 ± 13.29

66.83 ± 14.10

62 ± 12.96

 36 – 40

68.47 ± 11.07a

59.47 ± 13.98

66.09 ± 15.07

65 ± 12.45

 41 – 45

69.35 ± 12.63

53.84 ± 14.21abc

68.57 ± 14.87

66.32 ± 12.32

 46 + 

64.6 ± 13.40a

62.6 ± 14.51

68.09 ± 11.65

64.29 ± 7.95

 p

0.001

0.0004

0.832

0.206

Gender

 Male

72.03 ± 13.69

64.9 ± 15.06

69.22 ± 15.68

65.11 ± 12.86

 Female

69.48 ± 12.14

59.87 ± 14.48

64.03 ± 13.95

61.60 ± 12.83

 p

0.082

0.002

0.002

0.01

Division

 Barisal

71.5 ± 10.25

60.72 ± 9.01

62.5 ± 12.84

59.19 ± 11.55

 Chattogram

74.11 ± 14.21

67.34 ± 14.87

67.77 ± 16.20

64.76 ± 10.17

 Dhaka

70.52 ± 13.18

60.36 ± 15.77b

68.46 ± 15.77

64.73 ± 12.72

 Khulna

65.2 ± 16.45

49.8 ± 27.24

46.2 ± 12.13bc

65 ± 9.57

 Mymensingh

70.61 ± 10.27

68.83 ± 14.37

62.5 ± 11.56

64.11 ± 15.33

 Rajshahi

68.07 ± 7.13

62.14 ± 8.02

65.64 ± 11.17

55.43 ± 6.99

 Rangpur

62.58 ± 15.75

70.42 ± 11.31

62 ± .9.88

57.83 ± 9.34

 Sylhet

70.29 ± 13.53

60.41 ± 13.29

73.24 ± 11.84d

66 ± 13.01

 p

0.14

0.003

0.005

0.023

Residence

 Rural

73.09 ± 12.72

66.73 ± 11.78

62.93 ± 16.64

63.73 ± 12.93

 Urban

70.64 ± 12.99

61.79 ± 15.06

68.30 ± 14.89

63.83 ± 12.16

 Semi-urban

69.90 ± 14.25

64 ± 17.71

61.71 ± 13.10

61.19 ± 10.51

 p

0.471

0.116

0.012

0.52

Religion

 Muslim

71.46 ± 13.27

63.75 ± 15.16

66.77 ± 15.80

63.58 ± 12.46

 Non-Muslim

68.81 ± 12.15

58.63 ± 13.72

67.52 ± 12.38

63.49 ± 10.73

 p

0.14

0.013

0.719

0.958

Educational status

 Below graduation (SSC/HSC)

71.00 ± 12.84

62.56 ± 15.72

65.88 ± 14.66

62.60 ± 12.45

 Graduation

70.91 ± 12.46

63.35 ± 13.89

66.53 ± 15.76

62.34 ± 11.71

 Post-graduation

70.73 ± 15.1

61.13 ± 16.58

69.8 ± 14.14

68.45 ± 11.49e

 p

0.992

0.620

0.252

0.002

Marital status

 Single

75.19 ± 13.23

68.44 ± 14.35

62.96 ± 12.99

63.30 ± 12.08

 Married

70.14 ± 12.79

61.77 ± 14.40a

68.03 ± 15.21a

63.63 ± 12.13

 Others

50 ± 8.49ab

18.5 ± 17.68ab

34.5 ± 13.44ab

62.5 ± 17.68

 p

0.002

0.000

0.0006

0.975

Income (BDT)

  < 20,000

71.68 ± 12.49

63 ± 14.77

63.52 ± 16.85

61.27 ± 13.80

 20,000–40,000

71.22 ± 13.21

64.91 ± 13.87

65.90 ± 12.80

61.28 ± 10.07

 4000–60,000

70.45 ± 12.85

63.68 ± 13.98

68.39 ± 17.95

64.54 ± 12.15

 60,000 + 

70.28 ± 13.4

62.74 ± 16.52

66.84 ± 15.47

64.51 ± 12.85

 p

0.920

0.77

0.393

0.158

Hospital admission

 No

73.59 ± 13.18

66.29 ± 14.45

67.97 ± 15.09

63.48 ± 12.25

 Yes

67.28 ± 12.04

57.81 ± 14.37

65.52 ± 15.15

63.68 ± 11.96

 p

0.000

0.000

0.151

0.881

Smoking status

 No

71.99 ± 13.05

63.81 ± 14.34

67.83 ± 14.49

62.40 ± 11.09

 Yes

68.09 ± 12.33

57.9 ± 15.89a

63.59 ± 15.88

67.86 ± 15.25a

 Past smoker

66.41 ± 13.64

62.82 ± 17.67

65.86 ± 19.17

65 ± 11.01

 p

0.030

0.026

0.151

0.007

Chronic disease

 0

73.19 ± 12.25

64.45 ± 14.86

67.21 ± 14.47

62.51 ± 11.46

 1

69.62 ± 14.24

62.59 ± 13.94

69.04 ± 15.49

65.21 ± 11.98

 2

63.56 ± 9.33a

54.31 ± 15.36a

65.31 ± 9.73

65.44 ± 8.78

 3 + 

57.75 ± 8.61ab

51.1 ± 13.38ab

57.2 ± 20.66ab

66.8 ± 19.15

 p

0.000

0.0001

0.018

0.188

  1. Scores were expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD)
  2. p-value was determined by one-way ANOVA with Posthoc analysis by Tukey
  3. p-value significant at < 0.05 level in comparison to a) first category, b) second category, c) third category and d) fourth category within a variable. Significant p-values are marked in bold