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