Table 4.
QOL and functional status: comparison by gender, age, and ethnicity
| Gender Male Female |
Age 17–35 36–59 60+ |
Ethnicity Hispanic Non-Hispanic |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| Physical functioninga | 35.7 (21) | 34.9 (17.8) | 31.1 (21.5) |
| 31.3 (20) | 34.5 (21.6) | 34.3 (20.2) | |
| 28.8 (19.6) | |||
| Physical QOLb | 7.2 (1.1)* | 6.8 (1.1)** | 6.7 (1.2)** |
| 6.9 (1.2) | 7.1 (1.3) | 7.2 (1.1) | |
| 7.3 (0.9) | |||
| Psychological QOLb | 5.8 (1.4) | 5.5 (1.5) | 5.5 (1.7) |
| 5.5 (1.7) | 5.5 (1.6) | 5.7 (1.5) | |
| 6.0 (1.6) | |||
| Social QOLb | 5.7 (1.5) | 4.9 (1.4)* | 5.2 (1.7)** |
| 5.6 (1.6) | 5.8 (1.6) | 5.8 (1.5) | |
| 6.1 (1.3) | |||
| Spiritual QOLb | 7.4 (1.6) | 7.4 (1.8) | 7.6 (1.7) |
| 7.5 (1.6) | 7.5 (1.5) | 7.4 (1.7) | |
| 7.4 (1.7) | |||
| Overall QOLb | 6.4 (1.1) | 6.0 (1.0)* | 6.1 (1.2)** |
| 6.2 (1.3) | 6.3 (1.2) | 6.4 (1.2) | |
| 6.6 (1.1) |
*
p<0.01;
**
p<0.05
a
Scored from 0 to 100, with higher scores equal to higher functionality
b
Scored from 0 to 10, with higher scores equal to greater functional ability