Table 4.
Mean scores on SF-36 scales for women by age and drug use status
| Ages 45–54
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Ages 55–64
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 74) | No Past-year Drug Use (n = 27) | Past-year Drug Use (n = 47) | Total (n = 76) | No Past-year Drug Use (n = 44) | Past-year Drug Use (n = 32) | |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| Physical functioning | 50.07*** (30.89) | 48.89 (33.78) | 50.74 (29.47) | 54.57** (32.06) | 56.78 (33.25) | 51.33 (30.51) |
| Role functioning physical | 43.92*** (44.53) | 41.67 (45.99) | 45.21 (44.12) | 46.96** (43.59) | 48.30 (43.27) | 45.00 (44.72) |
| Bodily pain | 48.75*** (29.73) | 53.80 (33.61) | 45.85 (27.21) | 51.35** (28.11) | 51.48 (30.38) | 51.17 (24.91) |
| General health | 41.08*** (24.85) | 42.59 (29.33) | 40.21 (22.16) | 45.41*** (26.13) | 45.45 (27.04) | 45.33 (25.19) |
| Energy & fatigue | 40.07** (22.41) | 46.54 (24.40) | 36.49 (20.64) | 40.81*** (22.21) | 41.82 (22.41) | 39.33 (22.20) |
| Social functioning | 51.01*** (34.85) | 50.93 (36.02) | 51.06 (34.56) | 60.81** (31.54) | 64.77 (31.81) | 55.00 (30.72) |
| Role functioning emotional | 46.85** (46.13) | 53.09 (49.15) | 43.26 (44.46) | 57.66** (44.58) | 66.67† (41.30) | 44.44† (46.60) |
| Emotional well-being | 56.77** (23.11) | 66.46†† (21.91) | 51.40†† (22.19) | 60.11** (24.14) | 61.82 (24.53) | 57.60 (23.74) |
SF-36 scale scores range from 0–100, with higher scores indicating better functioning; significance tests indicate difference between sample mean and population norm by gender and age group.
**
p < .01,
***
p < .001.
†
Difference between drug-use group means, p < .05.
††
Difference between drug-use group means, p < .01.