Financial burden of survivors of medically-managed myocardial infarction and its association with selected social determinants and quality of life in a lower middle income country

Table 6 Association between financial burden and the quality of life

QOL	Financial burden category	Mean (SD)	Median (IQR)	Significance of difference^a
EQ-5D index value	With burden	0.486 (0.38)	0.516 (0.49–0.73)	p = 0.002^b
EQ-5D index value	No burden	0.671 (0.19)	0.585 (0.52–0.85)	p = 0.002^b
EQ-5D VAS value	With burden	60.97 (21.46)	60.0 (50.00–77.50)	p < 0.001^b
EQ-5D VAS value	No burden	71.56 (15.39)	70.0 (60.00–80.00)	p < 0.001^b

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