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. 2014 Dec 20;24(7):1661–1667. doi: 10.1007/s11136-014-0899-x

Table 1.

Means and standard deviations of QoL scores according to characteristics of home care users (N = 361)

Characteristics N (%) Generic QOL Older-specific QOL
Mean SD P value* mean SD P value*
Overall
Gender 361 (100) 58.2 14.0 61.4 14.7
 Female 239 (66) 59.3 13.4 0.036 61.7 14.9 0.579
 Male 122 (34) 56.1 14.9 60.8 14.4
Age
 <69 76 (21) 60.8 15.9 0.018 64.8 15.6 0.004
 70–79 122 (34) 59.2 14.0 62.5 15.7
 ≥80 163 (45) 56.2 12.8 58.9 13.1
Education
 Primary 111 (31) 56.1 12.5 0.038 58.9 13.3 0.014
 Vocational 108 (30) 57.6 14.4 60.7 15.0
 Secondary 108 (30) 60.0 13.3 63.3 13.7
 University 34 (9) 61.2 18.1 65.3 19.8
Living arrangements
 With partner only 138 (38) 60.9 15.3 0.006 65.1 15.2 <0.001
 With other family 93 (26) 58.0 12.9 60.6 14.6
 Alone 130 (36) 55.5 12.8 57.9 13.3

SD standard deviation

* One-way analysis of variance for a quantitative dependent variable (generic QoL and older-specific QoL) by independent variables (gender, age group, education, and living arrangement). P values for age group and education were tested by linear trend of the dependent variables