Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics of domains of QOL at baseline (T1) and one year after (T2) (N = 165) 1
| |
QoL at T1 |
QoL at T2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Physical |
Psychological |
Social |
Environmental |
Physical |
Psychological |
Social |
Environmental |
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| SOC at T1 | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||||||||
| Low |
11.51 |
(2.67) |
14.56 |
(1.62) |
14.13 |
(1.79) |
14.81 |
(1.68) |
13.00 |
(2.09) |
14.86 |
(1.69) |
14.26 |
(1.50) |
12.93 |
(1.42) |
| Medium high |
12.89 |
(2.17) |
15.71 |
(1.48) |
14.68 |
(1.64) |
15.46 |
(1.76) |
13.23 |
(1.92) |
14.90 |
(1.28) |
14.58 |
(1.26) |
13.15 |
(1.25) |
| High |
13.49 |
(2.10) |
15.72 |
(0.99) |
14.71 |
(0.81) |
15.67 |
(1.23) |
14.18 |
(1.68) |
15.60 |
(1.14) |
14.72 |
(0.54) |
13.46 |
(0.92) |
| Total | 12.61 | (2.45)** | 15.35 | (1.49)** | 14.50 | (1.51) | 15.31 | (1.62)* | 13.44 | (1.97)** | 15.09 | (1.43)* | 14.51 | (1.20) | 13.17 | (1.23) |
QoL = Quality of life, SOC = Sense of Coherence.
*p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01 analyzed with ANOVA by level of SOC.
1A higher score indicate higher QoL (possible score range are 4–20).