Table 3 Methods of HRQOL assessment in subgroup analysis (Chi2-Test and logistic regression analysis)
From: Assessing health-related quality of life in urology – a survey of 4500 German urologists
HRQOL assessment | Recorded and verbal Cells-% (N) | Verbal only Cells-% (N) | Recorded only Cells-% (N) | “How are you?” Cells-% (N) | Verbal Standardized HRQOL Instruments Cells-% (N) | Recorded Non- Standardized Cells-% (N) | Recorded Standardized HRQOL Instruments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cells-% (N) | Multivariate ORa [95% CI] | Multivariate Significancea (Logistic Regression) | |||||||
Total | 61.8 (960) | 22.0 (342) | 10.8 (143) | 53.7 (833) | 20.6 (320) | 13.5 (209) | 65.9 (1023) | ||
Gender | |||||||||
Male | 64.7b (790) | 24.6b (300) | 10.7b (131) | 52.5e (690) | 20.7 (272) | 13.0 (171) | 65.2 (857) | 1 | P = 0.033 |
Female | 75.9 (170) | 18.8 (42) | 5.4 (12) | 59.8 (143) | 20.1 (48) | 15.9 (38) | 69.5 (166) | 0.54 [0.31–0.95] | |
Working Environment | |||||||||
Hospital | 63.3c (433) | 12.5c (81) | 18.1c (117) | 48.2c (432) | 17.3c (126) | 12.8 (89) | 77.6c (541) | 1 | P = 0.178 |
Private practice | 69.3 (448) | 33.8 (231) | 2.9 (20) | 5.2 (336) | 24.5 (170) | 14.2 (104) | 55.9 (408) | 0.64 [0.29–1.44] | |
Age | |||||||||
25-44y | 74.1c (386) | 13.4c (70) | 12.5c (65) | 56.6 (318) | 24.4f (137) | 12.3 (69) | 77.6c (436) | 0,96h [0.93–0.98] | P < 0.001h |
45-59y | 64.2 (433) | 26.9 (181) | 8.9 (60) | 52.9 (379) | 18.7 (134) | 13.8 (99) | 62.8 (450) | ||
60-90y | 55.0 (120) | 38.5 (84) | 6.4 (14) | 50.0 (121) | 16.9 (41) | 14.5 (35) | 47.5 (115) | ||
Qualification | |||||||||
Consultant | 66.4 (909) | 24.1d (330) | 9.4d (129) | 53.3 (785) | 20.5 (302) | 13.5 (199) | 65.3g (962) | 1 | P = 0.981 |
In Training | 66.2 (51) | 15.6 (12) | 18.2 (14) | 59.3 (48) | 22.2 (18) | 12.3 (10) | 76.5 (62) | 0.99 [0.34–2.88] | |