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Table 1 Demographic and clinical variables of study population and their association with EQ VAS and EQ-5D index (N = 226)

From: Evaluating the sensitivity of EQ-5D in a sample of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in two tertiary health care facilities in Nigeria

Variable

Frequency (%) or mean ± SD

Gender

 Male

138 (61.1 %)

 Female

88 (38.9 %)

Level of education

 No formal education

43 (19.0 %)

 Formal education

183 (81.0 %)

Number of diabetic complications

 None

112 (49.6 %)

 One

78 (34.5 %)

 More than one

36 (15.95)

Number of co-morbidities

 

 None

98 (43.4 %)

 One

93 (41.2 %)

 More than one

35 (15.25)

Average age of participants

57 ± 10

Average EQ VAS score of participants

66.19 ± 15.42

Average EQ-5D index of participants

0.78 ± 0.21