Effect of continuity of care on health-related quality of life in adult patients with hypertension: a cohort study in China

Table 3 Results of kernel-based propensity score matching DID models with HRQoL

Variable	Pretest				Posttest				Diff-in-Diff	p
Variable	High continuity of care group	Low continuity of care group	Diff	p	High continuity of care group	Low continuity of care group	Diff	p	Diff-in-Diff	p
Physical functioning	56.488	65.09	−8.602	<0.001	71.364	69.092	2.271	0.157	10.873	<0.001
Role-physical	21.074	29.667	−8.593	0.001	43.388	43.911	−0.522	0.842	8.070	0.030
Body pain	57.521	56.860	0.661	0.652	62.595	65.326	−2.731	0.062	−3.392	0.102
General health	38.851	39.852	−1.001	0.543	49.355	45.142	4.213	0.011	5.214	0.025
Vitality	50.124	54.852	−4.728	<0.001	58.781	60.873	−2.092	0.072	2.636	0.109
Social functioning	63.165	67.132	−3.967	0.005	73.864	74.905	−1.042	0.461	2.925	0.143
Role-emotional	30.328	41.668	−11.340	<0.001	64.463	56.857	7.606	0.006	18.946	<0.001
Mental health	51.198	55.829	−4.631	<0.001	65.322	62.861	2.461	0.025	7.092	<0.001
Reported Health Transition	59.298	55.351	3.947	0.878	53.926	49.295	4.631	0.002	0.684	0.744
Physical component summary	43.483	47.867	−4.384	0.002	56.676	55.868	0.808	0.562	5.192	<0.001
Mental component summary	48.704	54.870	−6.166	<0.001	65.607	63.874	1.733	0.177	7.900	0.008

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