aClinical Research Center, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea
bDepartment of Nursing, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea
Copyright ©2017, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Characteristic | Category | Data |
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Age (y) | 59.01 ± 9.49 | |
≤ 50 | 30 (24.0) | |
≥ 51 | 95 (76.0) | |
Sex | Male | 66 (52.8) |
Female | 59 (47.2) | |
Religion | Yes | 84 (67.2) |
No | 41 (32.8) | |
Living type | Couple | 49 (39.2) |
Family (with children) | 47 (37.6) | |
Single | 29 (23.2) | |
Educational level | Below high school | 103 (82.4) |
Above college degree | 22 (17.6) | |
Employment status | Employed | 48 (38.4) |
Self-employed | 23 (18.4) | |
Unemployed | 54 (43.2) | |
Monthly income | Below 2,490 | 76 (60.8) |
(×103 KRW) | 2,500–5,000 | 30 (24.0) |
Above 5,000 | 10 ( 8.0) | |
Others | 9 ( 7.2) | |
Comorbidity | Yes | 64 (51.2) |
No | 61 (48.8) | |
Cirrhosis | Yes | 40 (32.0) |
No | 85 (68.0) | |
Treatment | Yes | 62 (49.6) |
No | 63 (50.4) | |
Infection route | Unknown | 69 (55.2) |
Tattoo or piercing | 5 (4.0) | |
Contaminated syringe | 26 (20.8) | |
Acupuncture or bloodletting | 20 (16.0) | |
Others | 5 (4.0) |
Variable | Mean ± SD | Range | |
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SF-36 | Total | 72.77 ± 14.68 | 28.0–98.4 |
Physical functioning | 82.76 ± 15.39 | 16.7–95.8 | |
Role limitation-physical | 81.60 ± 21.77 | 6.3–100.0 | |
Bodily pain | 83.84 ± 20.72 | 22.5–100.0 | |
General health | 55.03 ± 16.96 | 16.7–95.8 | |
Vitality | 51.90 ± 23.02 | 0.0–100.0 | |
Social functioning | 79.00 ± 21.51 | 25.0–100.0 | |
Role limitation-emotion | 80.27 ± 23.37 | 0.0–100.0 | |
Mental health | 67.80 ± 20.32 | 10.0–100.0 | |
LDTS | Total | 72.34 ± 10.85 | 40.1–94.5 |
Liver disease symptoms | 85.73 ± 13.02 | 37.7–100.0 | |
Effects of liver disease | 76.22 ± 11.54 | 31.0–100.0 | |
Concentration | 89.71 ± 13.22 | 46.4–100.0 | |
Memory | 89.77 ± 11.28 | 50.0–100.0 | |
Social interaction quality | 72.56 ± 13.12 | 45.0–100.0 | |
Health distress | 68.90 ± 20.07 | 25.0–100.0 | |
Sexual functioning | 58.42 ± 21.59 | 0.0–100.0 | |
Sexual problems (n = 66) | 71.01 ± 24.38 | 0.0–100.0 | |
Sleep | 71.64 ± 18.68 | 10.0–100.0 | |
Loneliness | 75.32 ± 16.43 | 30.0–100.0 | |
Hopelessness | 63.60 ± 18.24 | 25.0–100.0 | |
Liver disease stigma | 79.90 ± 18.42 | 25.0–100.0 |
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PF | BP | GH | VT | MH | Concentration | Sexual problems | Loneliness | Hopelessness | |
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β (p) | β (p) | β (p) | β (p) | β (p) | β (p) | β (p) | β (p) | β (p) | |
Age (≥ 51 y) | −0.43 (< 0.001) | ||||||||
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Sex (female) | −0.18 (0.049) | −0.35 (< 0.001) | |||||||
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Education level (above college) | 0.21 (0.031) | ||||||||
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Living type (single) | −0.18 (0.040) | −0.15 (0.042) | −0.29 (0.001) | ||||||
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Employment status (unemployment) | −0.19 (0.047) | ||||||||
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Monthly income (≥ 2,490 × 103 KRW) | −0.20 (0.034) | −0.31 (0.001) | −0.26 (0.008) | −0.28 (0.004) | |||||
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Comorbidity (yes) | −0.23 (0.009) | −0.22 (0.016) | −0.21 (0.022) | ||||||
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B | 103.06 | 99.08 | 60.59 | 67.86 | 70.40 | 97.41 | 144.90 | 69.72 | 53.36 |
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SE | 7.76 | 10.51 | 8.87 | 11.40 | 10.50 | 6.80 | 17.56 | 8.44 | 9.40 |
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Adj. R2 | 0.152 | 0.143 | 0.087 | 0.182 | 0.111 | 0.119 | 0.346 | 0.120 | 0.115 |
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F (p) | 4.17 (< 0.001) | 3.95 (0.001) | 2.70 (0.013) | 4.95 (< 0.001) | 3.21 (0.004) | 3.39 (0.002) | 10.38 (< 0.001) | 3.42 (0.002) | 3.30 (0.003) |
Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number (%). KRW, Korean won.
SD, standard deviation; SF-36, Short Form-36; LDTS, Liver Disease-Targeted Scale.
SF-36, Short Form-36; LDTS, Liver Disease-Targeted Scale; PF, physical function; BP, bodily pain; GH, general health; VT, vitality; MH, mental health; KRW, Korean won; B, unstandardized regression coefficients; SE, standard error; β, unstandardized regression coefficients; Adj. R2, adjusted R square. Treated as dummy variables.