TABLE 2—
Adjusted Health-Related Quality of Life Scale Scores at t2 for Men and Women Aged 26–70 Years: the Doetinchem Cohort Study, 1995–2009
| Adjusted Scores at t2a |
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| Domain | Becoming Active, Mean (95% CI) | Persistently Active, Mean (95% CI) | Persistently Inactive, Mean (95% CI) | Becoming Inactive, Mean (95% CI) | Varying Activity Levels, Mean (95% CI) |
| Physical functioning | 87.2 (86.1, 88.2) | 88.1 (87.3, 88.8) | 85.5 (84.4, 86.5) | 84.8 (83.4, 86.2) | 87.8 (86.5, 89.1) |
| Physical role limitations | 83.4 (81.0, 85.8) | 85.6 (84.0, 87.1) | 80.8 (78.4, 83.2) | 81.1 (78.3, 83.9) | 86.1 (83.5, 88.7) |
| Bodily pain | 78.1 (76.7, 79.5) | 79.2 (78.2, 80.2) | 77.1 (75.8, 78.4) | 75.2 (73.6, 76.9) | 78.3 (76.5, 80.1) |
| General health | 71.7 (70.6, 72.8) | 70.8 (70.1, 71.6) | 68.8 (67.7, 69.8) | 68.8 (67.6, 70.0) | 70.2 (68.9, 71.5) |
| Vitality | 70.1 (69.0, 71.2) | 70.6 (69.8, 71.4) | 68.4 (67.4, 69.4) | 67.5 (66.3, 68.7) | 69.6 (68.3, 70.9) |
| Social functioning | 88.9 (87.6, 90.2) | 89.5 (88.6, 90.4) | 87.7 (86.4, 89.0) | 86.5 (85.0, 88.1) | 89.2 (87.7, 90.7) |
| Emotional role limitations | 91.0 (89.0, 93.0) | 91.3 (90.0, 92.6) | 89.1 (87.1, 91.0) | 88.2 (85.8, 90.6) | 90.9 (88.6, 93.2) |
| Mental health | 78.6 (77.7, 79.6) | 79.4 (78.8, 80.1) | 78.8 (77.9, 79.7) | 78.1 (77.1, 79.1) | 79.3 (78.2, 80.4) |
Note. CI = confidence interval.
a
Mean scores adjusted for gender, age, education, living alone, work status, smoking, baseline and follow-up chronic disease status, and baseline score on the Dutch version of the RAND36, which is similar to the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey.