The reliability, validity and screening effect of the happiness index scale among inpatients in a general hospital

Table 2 General demographic data of the inpatients (n = 8405)

Project	Total sample (n = 8405)	Mean	SD	E	95%CI		Min	Max	Welch	P
Project	Total sample (n = 8405)	Mean	SD	E	Min.limit	Max.limit	Min	Max	Welch	P
Gender									67.722	< 0.001
Male	3985 (47.4)	0.290	0.564	0.010	0.273	0.308	0.000	5.310
Female	4420 (52.6)	0.400	0.662	0.010	0.381	0.420	0.000	5.481
Age									8.011	< 0.001
≤ 17 years old	149 (1.8)	0.305	0.684	0.056	0.194	0.415	0.000	5.481
18–59 years old	5348 (63.6)	0.367	0.626	0.008	0.350	0.383	0.000	5.481
≥ 60 years old	2908 (34.6)	0.313	0.606	0.011	0.291	0.335	0.000	5.310
Education (years)									29.991	< 0.001
≤ 9	5175 (61.6)	0.319	0.611	0.009	0.302	0.335	0.000	5.481
> 9	3230 (38.4)	0.395	0.631	0.011	0.374	0.417	0.000	5.310
Marital status									30.388	< 0.001
Married	7265 (86.4)	0.331	0.602	0.007	0.318	0.345	0.000	5.310
Unmarried	1140 (13.6)	0.455	0.717	0.021	0.413	0.497	0.000	5.481
Monthly income									0.303	0.582
Less than 5,000 RMB	4667 (55.5)	0.352	0.644	0.009	0.333	0.370	0.000	5.481
More than 5,000 RMB	3738 (44.5)	0.344	0.589	0.010	0.325	0.363	0.000	5.318
Inpatient department									28.203	< 0.001
Internal medicine	3068 (36.5)	0.387	0.660	0.012	0.364	0.410	0.000	5.481
Surgery	3575 (42.5)	0.283	0.579	0.010	0.264	0.302	0.000	4.932
Obstetric/Gynecology	1356 (16.1)	0.438	0.613	0.017	0.406	0.471	0.000	4.966
Ophthalmology/Otolaryngology	406 (4.9)	0.328	0.625	0.031	0.267	0.389	0.000	5.318

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