Table 2 Association between unmet LTC needs and HRQOL

Unmet LTC needs

-0.04^***

0.18^**

0.19^**

0.09

0.27^***

0.09^***

(0.01)

(0.08)

(0.09)

(0.08)

(0.08)

(0.04)

Age

-0.00

0.01

-0.01

0.01^***

-0.01

-0.04^***

(0.00)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.00)

(0.00)

(0.01)

Male

0.01

-0.09

0.07

0.00

-0.08

-0.02

(ref = female)

(0.01)

(0.10)

(0.11)

(0.10)

(0.10)

(0.13)

Rural

-0.03^*

0.18

0.24^**

0.12

0.12

0.36^**

(ref = Urban)

(0.01)

(0.11)

(0.12)

(0.11)

(0.10)

(0.15)

Illiterate

0.02

-0.29^**

-0.26^*

-0.20

0.15

-0.24

(0.02)

(0.13)

(0.14)

(0.13)

(0.13)

(0.17)

Marital status (ref = single)

Married

0.03

0.01

-0.16

0.32

-0.58^*

-0.28

(0.06)

(0.32)

(0.38)

(0.38)

(0.32)

(0.42)

Widowed

-0.06

0.56^*

0.27

0.76^**

-0.38

-0.05

(0.06)

(0.32)

(0.38)

(0.38)

(0.32)

(0.41)

No. of Leisure activities

0.05^***

-0.32^***

-0.38^***

-0.30^***

-0.03

-0.32^***

(0.01)

(0.05)

(0.06)

(0.05)

(0.05)

(0.07)

Regular social contacts

0.02^*

-0.09

-0.11

-0.17^**

-0.06

-0.05

(0.01)

(0.08)

(0.09)

(0.08)

(0.08)

(0.10)

Regular family contacts

0.01

0.03

-0.03

-0.13

0.01

-0.32^**

(0.02)

(0.15)

(0.13)

(0.13)

(0.14)

(0.16)

Living alone

0.02^*

-0.08

-0.14

-0.19^*

0.02

0.12^*

(ref = living with others)

(0.01)

(0.10)

(0.12)

(0.11)

(0.10)

(0.06)

ADL disability

0.03^***

-0.26^***

-0.27^***

-0.22^***

-0.08^***

-0.04^***

(0.00)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

No. of drugs per day

-0.03^***

0.11^**

0.10^**

0.04

0.24^***

0.13^**

(0.01)

(0.04)

(0.05)

(0.04)

(0.04)

(0.05)

Hearing impairment

-0.05^***

0.28^**

0.34^***

0.23^**

0.08

0.31^***

(0.01)

(0.11)

(0.11)

(0.10)

(0.10)

(0.12)

Vison

impairment

-0.03^**

0.15

0.17^*

0.17^*

0.05

0.17

(0.01)

(0.10)

(0.10)

(0.10)

(0.10)

(0.12)

Sleep quality

(ref = bad sleep quality)

Good sleep quality

0.05^***

-0.32^**

0.05

-0.10

-0.36^***

-0.67^***

(0.02)

(0.13)

(0.14)

(0.13)

(0.13)

(0.15)

Normal sleep quality

0.01

-0.19

0.20

-0.02

-0.02

-0.28^**

(0.02)

(0.13)

(0.13)

(0.12)

(0.12)

(0.14)

_cons

0.21^**

(0.10)

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var(e.qaly)

0.03^***

(0.00)

cut1

-4.31^***

-5.29^***

-2.84^***

-1.74^***

-3.89^***

(0.74)

(0.80)

(0.72)

(0.66)

(0.85)

cut2

-1.01

-2.20^***

0.08

0.80

-1.85^**

(0.70)

(0.75)

(0.69)

(0.65)

(0.85)

N

1444

1444

1444

1444

1444

1444