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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 4.
Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2010 Mar 17;19(5):665–675. doi: 10.1007/s11136-010-9633-5

Table 2.

Continuous variables and their correlation with accomplishment level and satisfaction with social participation (n = 155)

Continuous variables Mean (SD) Correlation with accomplishment level of participation in social rolesa Correlation with satisfaction with participation in social rolesa
Quality of life
 Satisfaction with life (SWLS;/35) 25.4 (6.5) 0.38 (<0.001) 0.40 (<0.001)
Dependent variables
Social participation (Life-H Social Roles)
  Accomplishment level of participation (/9) 6.9 (1.8) - 0.72 (< 0.001)
  Satisfaction with participation (/5) 4.0 (0.5) 0.72 (< 0.001) -
Independent variables
Personal factor
  Age (years) 73.7 (8.0) −0.39 (<0.001) −0.25 (<0.01)
Health and impairment
  Comorbidity (#) 1.9 (2.0) −0.48 (<0.001) −0.37 (<0.001)
 Well-being (GWBS;/110) 75.0 (17.0) 0.65 (<0.001) 0.60 (<0.001)
Activity level
  SMAF (/87) 13.4 (12.6) 0.80 (< 0.001) 0.52 (< 0.001)
Environmental factors (MQE; # weighted)
  Facilitators
  Social support and attitudes 20.1 (7.2) 0.08 (0.35) 0.29 (<0.001)
  Income, labor and income security 12.0 (4.2) 0.10 (0.24) 0.15 (0.06)
  Government and public services 26.0 (6.3) 0.10 (0.22) 0.19 (0.02)
  Physical environment and accessibility 25.6 (12.2) 0.13 (0.11) 0.25 (<0.01)
  Technology 27.4 (6.8) 0.05 (0.58) 0.14 (0.09)
  Equal opportunities and political orientations 8.8 (5.5) 0.10 (0.20) 0.17 (0.04)
  Obstacles
  Social support and attitudes −1.2 (2.9) 0.20 (0.01) 0.30 (<0.001)
  Income, labor and income security −0.5 (1.4) .11 (0.18) 0.15 (0.06)
  Government and public services −0.8 (1.9) 0.18 (0.02) 0.14 (0.09)
  Rhysical environment and accessibility −13.5 (8.9) 0.40 (<0.001) 0.32 (<0.001)
  Technology −3.4 (2.8) 0.24 (<0.01) 0.10 (0.24)
  Equal opportunities and political orientations −1.5 (2.0) 0.13 (0.10) 0.09 (0.27)

SWLS Satisfaction With Life Scale

Life-H Assessment of Life Habits

GWBS General Well-Being Schedule

SMAF Functional Autonomy Measurement System

MQE Measure of the Quality of the Environment

Significant results are in italic

a

Pearson’s correlation coefficients (p value)