Skip to main content

Table 5 Discriminate ability of the domains in terms of levels of health status

From: Further validation of the Health Scale of Traditional Chinese Medicine (HSTCM)

 

No

Scores of PFNE

Scores of SP

Scores of SE

Mean

SD

95%CI

Mean

SD

95%CI

Mean

SD

95%CI

1. Self-reported general health status

Good/very good

268

34.8

8.80

33.5–35.8

27.9

6.85

27.3–29.0

27.5

7.59

26.5–28.5

Neither poor nor good

263

45.3

9.82

44.4–46.9

36.6

6.60

35.9–37.6

32.6

7.68

31.5–33.5

Poor/very poor

78

51.2

11.77

49.1–54.6

44.4

6.78

42.9–45.9

36.5

8.09

34.8–38.6

Missing value

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2. Self-reported health status change

Better

102

38.0

11.15

35.4–40.3

27.0

8.46

25.6–29.4

28.9

8.35

27.2–30.9

No change

283

39.4

11.07

38.3–41.1

32.9

7.87

32.1–34.0

29.8

8.03

28.8–30.8

Worse

226

45.5

10.90

44.2–47.3

37.8

7.79

36.8–39.0

33.0

8.26

31.8–34.1

Missing value

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3. Degree of medical needs

Not at all/a little

331

37.8

9.61

36.3–38.6

30.8

8.04

30.0–31.7

29.0

7.87

27.8–29.6

A moderate amount

189

46.0

11.25

44.8–48.0

37.2

7.60

36.3–38.6

32.7

7.94

31.6–33.9

A great amount

88

45.7

13.30

43.6–49.6

37.4

9.56

36.1–40.3

34.1

8.95

32.6–36.6

Missing value

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  1. Self-reported general health status is item 21 of the HSTCM; self-reported health status change is item 22 of the HSTCM; degree of medical needs is item 4 of the WHOQOL-BREF.
  2. PFNE: physical function under natural environment domain
  3. SP: spirit domain
  4. SE: social and environment domain