Table 3.
PGCMS scores in ET cases and controls
| ET Cases (N = 177) | Controls (N = 531) | |
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| PGCMS Score | 9.41 ± 3.21 (10)*** | 10.39 ± 2.92 (11) |
| Lista (N = 218) | 9.21 ± 3.29** | 10.69 ± 2.95 |
| Arévalo (N = 282) | 9.64 ± 3.27 | 10.06 ± 2.83 |
| Las Margaritas (N = 208) | 9.30 ± 3.12** | 10.54 ± 3.01 |
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| Agitation Subscore | 3.17 ± 1.71 (3)*** | 3.78 ± 1.67 (4) |
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| Little things bother me more this year | 0.51 ± 0.50* | 0.60 ± 0.49 |
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| I sometimes worry so much that I can’t sleep | 0.45 ± 0.50* | 0.54 ± 0.50 |
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| I am afraid of a lot of things | 0.67 ± 0.47*** | 0.81 ± 0.39 |
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| I get mad more than I used to | 0.59 ± 0.49* | 0.68 ± 0.47 |
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| I take things hard | 0.41 ± 0.49** | 0.53 ± 0.50 |
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| I get upset easily | 0.54 ± 0.50 | 0.62 ± 0.49 |
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| Lonely Dissatisfaction Subscore | 3.75 ± 1.34 (4)* | 4.02 ± 1.24 (4) |
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| I sometimes feel that life isn’t worth living | 0.75 ± 0.44** | 0.84 ± 0.37 |
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| I have a lot to be sad about | 0.56 ± 0.50 | 0.62 ± 0.49 |
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| Life is hard for me much of the time | 0.63 ± 0.49** | 0.76 ± 0.43 |
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| I am satisfied with my life today | 0.70 ± 0.46* | 0.78 ± 0.42 |
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| I feel lonely | 0.29 ± 0.46 | 0.24 ± 0.43 |
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| I see enough of my friend and relatives | 0.82 ± 0.38 | 0.79 ± 0.41 |
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| Attitude Toward Own Aging Subscore | 2.49 ± 1.18 (2) | 2.60 ± 1.10 (3) |
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| Things keep getting worse as I get older | 0.27 ± 0.45 | 0.34 ± 0.48 |
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| I have as much pep as I had last year | 0.44 ± 0.50* | 0.55 ± 0.50 |
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| As I get older I am less useful | 0.63 ± 0.48** | 0.51 ± 0.50 |
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| As I get older things are better than I thought they would be | 0.67 ± 0.47 | 0.72 ± 0.45 |
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| I am as happy now as when I was younger | 0.47 ± 0.50 | 0.48 ± 0.50 |
All values are mean ± SD (median).
*
p < 0.05,
**
p < 0.01,
***
p < 0.001 comparing ET cases to controls (Mann Whitney test).
Each of the 17 questions is scored so that the value 0 indicates low morale and the value 1 indicates high morale. Hence, lower scores indicate lower morale and higher scores indicate higher morale.