Table 3 Relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and QOLIE-31 domains

Age range(years)^a

 15–25

45.31(18.48)^c

59.33(24.25)^d

51.18(14.37)

50.34(9.73)

46.92(18.62)

55.62(23.11)

51.41(22.40)

 26–35

51.45(15.40)

47.17(16.41)

46.00(11.35)

50.50(9.41)

45.82(12.53)

44.14(24.69)

45.34(17.98)

 36–45

56.93(16.25)

55.00(20.60)

53.38(11.92)

48.46(9.98)

48.42(15.14)

47.54(26.54)

49.85(19.55)

 p value

0.023*

0.058

0.087

0.679

0.834

0.123

0.450

Level of education^a

 Primary

47.63(17.74)

47.10(14.19)^e

49.94(10.83)

47.42(6.69)

42.46(14.55)^e

42.47(19.60)

41.62(14.93)^e

 Secondary

45.45(18.09)

51.94(20.58)^f

47.31(13.70)

48.86(9.78)

42.53(15.29)^g

53.09(22.33)

45.74(17.73))^f

 Tertiary

56.31(14.91)

61.12(24.83)

52.41(12.44)

52.24(11.07)

53.90(14.34)

50.74(30.81)

57.39(22.50)

 Postgraduate

63.40(13.28)

81.00(22.12)

59.20(21.98)

59.00(9.62)

66.06(13.21)

72.23(17.35)

72.60(26.17)

 p value

0.020*

0.002*

0.180

0.032*

0.000*

0.056

0.001*

Ethnicity^a

 Yoruba

50.69(17.48)

53.99(21.87)

50.20(13.21)

49.72(10.04)

46.69(15.95)

48.74(25.18)

49.36(20.07)

 Hausa

43.00(17.99)

54.50(18.91)

48.00(9.38)

49.00(4.18)

49.00(21.86)

59.45(12.68)

48.44(30.27)

 Igbo

48.44(19.81)

62.92(21.88)

52.00(15.80)

53.33(6.06)

49.68(13.53)

62.04(24.20)

47.17(20.24)

 p value

0.619

0.625

0.883

0.663

0.871

0.309

0.965

Age of onset (years)^a

 1–15

43.31(16.14)

47.99(16.29)

45.89(11.29)

48.75(9.66)

42.57(13.76)

45.37(22.54)

44.78(14.02)

 16–30

50.79(17.53)

57.10(24.85)

51.52(14.36)

51.19(9.36)

48.47(16.95)

53.48(24.68)

50.95(23.43)

 31–45

59.87(15.37)

60.83(21.32)

54.67(12.02)

49.29(10.52)

51.81(16.71)

52.53(22.95)

52.53(22.95)

 46 and above

68.00(0.00)

52.50(0.00)

56.00(0.00)

50.00(0.00)

42.22(0.00)

63.00(0.00)

63.00(0.00)

 p value

0.003*

0.127

0.071

0.723

0.164

0.314

0.394

Depression^b

 Present

49.49(17.75)

52.30(20.41)

49.30(13.21)

49.01(9.10)

45.43(15.59)

47.50(24.10)

47.17(19.95)

 Absent

54.37(16.09)

68.39(24.55)

55.71(11.36)

55.36(11.34)

56.49(15.58)

65.88(23.81)

61.57(19.33)

 p value

0.337

0.009*

0.090

0.022*

0.016*

0.009*

0.013*

Drugs

 CBM

53.59(15.00)

41.66(11.09)

46.16(11.09)

47.10(10.22)

42.23(10.22)

33.98(20.34)

39.93(12.60)

 LTM

46.75(19.30)

67.45(20.34)

54.24(13.81)

52.70(9.10)

51.73(19.12)

66.17(17.29)

58.44(22.51)

 Mean SD

50.17(17.54)

54.56(21.64)

50.20(13.11)

49.90(9.64)

46.98(15.98)

50.07(24.79)

49.18(20.39)

 F

3.915

54.812

10.405

9.130

9.593

72.672

25.750

 p value

0.051

0.000*

0.002*

0.003*

0.003*

0.000*

0.000*