Table 1 Study populations based on propensity score matching: pre- and post-matching HRQoL between the two groups
From: Quarantining: a mentally distressful but physically comfortable experience in South Korea
Variables | Before matching | After matching | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quarantinees during COVID-19 pandemic (N = 1139) | Control group (N = 3649) | P-value | Quarantinees during COVID-19 pandemic (N = 919) | Control group (N = 919) | P-value | ||||||
Male, N (%) | 565 | (49.6%) | 1,528 | (41.9%) | < 0.0001 | 468 | (50.9%) | 468 | (50.9%) | NS | |
Age, Mean (SD) | 39.01 | (12.54) | 52.35 | (17.60) | < 0.0001 | 39.82 | (12.16) | 40.10 | (13.14) | NS | |
Age group | NS | ||||||||||
19 to 40 | 608 | (53.4%) | 941 | (25.8%) | < 0.0001 | 472 | (51.4%) | 466 | (50.7%) | ||
40 to 65 | 508 | (44.6%) | 1,690 | (46.3%) | 427 | (46.5%) | 433 | (47.1%) | |||
65 and over | 23 | (2.0%) | 1,018 | (27.9%) | 20 | (2.2%) | 20 | (2.2%) | |||
Dwelling district | < 0.0001 | NS | |||||||||
Nowon | 330 | (29.0%) | 912 | (25.0%) | 256 | (27.9%) | 258 | (28.1%) | |||
Seongbuk | 341 | (29.9%) | 917 | (25.1%) | 276 | (30.0%) | 276 | (30.0%) | |||
Eunpyeong | 261 | (22.9%) | 910 | (24.9%) | 208 | (22.6%) | 204 | (22.2%) | |||
Yangcheon | 207 | (18.2%) | 910 | (24.9%) | 179 | (19.5%) | 181 | (19.7%) | |||
Income | < 0.0001 | NS | |||||||||
Lowest | 138 | (12.1%) | 146 | (4.0%) | 26 | (2.8%) | 29 | (3.2%) | |||
Employment status | < 0.0001 | NS | |||||||||
Salaried worker | 625 | (54.9%) | 1,620 | (44.4%) | 576 | (62.7%) | 554 | (60.3%) | |||
Self-employed/Employer | 98 | (8.6%) | 407 | (11.2%) | 86 | (9.4%) | 115 | (12.5%) | |||
Unemployed | 312 | (27.4%) | 1,588 | (43.5%) | 241 | (26.2%) | 238 | (25.9%) | |||
Others | 104 | (9.1%) | 34 | (0.9%) | 13 | (1.4%) | 12 | (1.3%) | |||
Education | < 0.0001 | NS | |||||||||
High school or less | 254 | (22.3%) | 1,850 | (50.7%) | 155 | (16.9%) | 151 | (16.4%) | |||
Tertiary education | 885 | (77.7%) | 1,799 | (49.3%) | 764 | (83.1%) | 768 | (83.6%) | |||
Predisposing disease | NS | ||||||||||
Hypertension | 96 | (8.4%) | 1,017 | (27.9%) | < 0.0001 | 83 | (9.0%) | 88 | (9.6%) | ||
Propensity scores, Mean (SD) | 0.38 | (0.21) | 0.19 | (0.15) | < 0.0001 | 0.32 | (0.13) | 0.32 | (0.13) | NS | |