Table 3.

Regression Coefficients Across Occasions for Quality of Life Outcomes

Quality of life domain	Baseline	6 months	12 months
Physical functioning
Baseline covariates
Lives alone	0.76	−6.53*	−4.97
Charlson score	−1.46	−.88	−1.26
MMSE	−0.17	0.73	1.48
GDS	−1.14	−1.87**	−1.54*
PSMS dependencies	−7.68***	−6.21***	−4.48**
ADHC vs. comparison	−4.41	0.26	−5.12
Role physical
Baseline covariates
Lives alone	−6.32	−1.09	−8.97
Charlson score	−2.47	−2.06	0.00
MMSE	1.27	0.40	2.46*
GDS	−3.79***	−3.28**	−2.36*
PSMS dependencies	−2.46	−4.03	−3.91
ADHC vs. comparison	−15.72*	6.63	10.77
Social functioning
Baseline covariates
Lives alone	−3.49	−2.79	−2.31
Charlson score	−0.06	−2.96*	−0.55
MMSE	0.59	0.86	0.84
GDS	−4.36***	−2.35**	−1.41
PSMS dependencies	−2.31	−3.30	−4.33*
ADHC vs. comparison	−1.09	12.10*	11.56*
Role emotional
Baseline covariates
Lives alone	−2.79	−0.47	−1.80
Charlson score	−0.45	−2.31	0.24
MMSE	0.69	−0.42	1.20
GDS	−5.12***	−2.72*	−6.59*
PSMS dependencies	0.00	−3.44	−2.05
ADHC vs. comparison	−3.55	18.00*	22.25**
Mental health
Baseline covariates
Lives alone	−3.40	0.05*	1.22
Charlson score	0.74	−0.30	−0.71
MMSE	0.88	0.41	1.02
GDS	−3.66***	−3.05***	−2.99***
PSMS dependencies	2.24	0.01	−0.99
ADHC vs. comparison	0.42	−1.56	5.87

Notes: ADHC = Adult Day Health Center; GDS = Geriatric Depression Scale; MMSE = Mini-Mental Status Examination; PSMS = Physical Self-Maintenance Scale. ***p < .001. **p < .01. *p < .05.