Quality of Life and Its Predictors among Patients with Selected Chronic Diseases

Table 3

Post hoc analysis (Bonferroni corrected) for multiple comparisons in the quality of life domains.

Quality of life domains	Comparison		SE	values	95% confidence interval
					Lower bound	Upper bound
Mental	CHF	ESRD	2.08	0.999	−4.02	5.99
		COPD	2.18	≤0.001	3.13	13.63
	ESRD	CHF	2.08	0.999	−5.99	4.02
		COPD	2.18	0.002	2.14	12.64
	COPD	CHF	2.18	≤0.001	−13.63	−3.13
		ESRD	2.18	0.002	−12.64	−2.14
Physical	CHF	ESRD	3.09	0.374	−12.22	2.68
		COPD	3.25	0.059	−0.20	15.44
	ESRD	CHF	3.09	0.374	−2.68	12.22
		COPD	3.25	≤0.001	4.56	20.21
	COPD	CHF	3.25	0.059	−15.44	0.20
		ESRD	3.25	≤0.001	−20.21	−4.56

The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level. CHF = chronic heart failure; ESRD = end-stage renal disease; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.