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Table 3 Health-related quality of life outcomes

From: A patient-centered view of symptoms, functional impact, and priorities in post-COVID-19 syndrome: cross-sectional results from the Québec Action Post-COVID cohort

HRQL Measures (0–100 best)

Norm (45–54 years)

Mean (SD)

Median [1QR]

Model

RAND-36

Physical Function

86.6

52.3 (27.9)

50 [30–75]

Quantile

Role Physical

82.0

11.5 (26.0)

0 [0–0]

 

 > 0 vs 0

 

21.2%

n = 431/116

Logistic

Bodily Pain

72.9

46.7 (25.1)

41 [31–62]

Quantile

General Healtha

77.2

41.9 (23.0)

40 [25–60]

Quantile

Vitalitya

63.3

23.4 (19.2)

20 [10–35]

Quantile

Social Function

84.3

35.4 (27.0)

25 [12.5–50]

Quantile

Role Emotional

84.2

38.5 (42.9)

33.3 [0–100]

Ordinal

 Men (% ≤ median)

  

71.9%

 

 Women (% ≤ median)

  

60.9%

 

Mental Healtha

75.6

54.3 (20.4)

56 [40–68]

Linear

EQ-5D Indexa (0 – 1 best)

0.80

0.63 (0.22)

0.68 [0.51 – 0.81]

Linear

General health VAS

 

38.5 (22.6)

35.0 [22.0 – 50.0]

Linear

QOL VAS

 

38.1 (24.2)

35.0 [20.0 – 50.0]

Linear

PGI

 

26.6 (14.6)

25.0 [17.0 –35.0]

Linear

  1. aage effect, older is better
  2. Norms for RAND-36 are from Hopman et al. [36]; Norms for EQ-5D Utility are from Poder et al. [37]