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Table 4 Discriminative ability of the HSTCM in terms of levels of health status

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

  

Scores of the HSTCM

No.

Mean

SD

95%CI

1. Self-reported general health status

    

   Good/very good

268

90.18

18.56

87.86–92.69

   Neither poor nor good

263

114.46

19.16

112.46–117.40

   Poor/very poor

78

132.92

21.50

128.03–137.80

   Missing value

2

-

-

-

2. Self-reported health status change

    

   Better

102

93.92

24.21

88.92–99.82

   No change

283

102.17

22.72

99.73–105.44

   Worse

226

116.25

22.50

113.54–119.76

   Missing value

0

-

-

-

3. Degree of medical needs

    

   Not at all/a little

331

97.56

21.33

94.47–99.42

   A moderate amount

189

115.97

22.17

113.36–119.86

   A great amount

88

117.20

26.98

113.44–125.45

   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.