Table 2.
Analysis of associations with the WHO Quality of Life Questionnaire—version for older people (WHOQOL-OLD), both overall and for each underlying dimension
| Characteristics | WHOQOL-OLD total | Sensory abilities | Autonomy | Death and dying | Past, present and future activities | Social participation | Intimacy |
| Age (years) | −0.031 (0.705) (11) |
0.095(0.224) (1) |
−0.088 (0.262)1 (1) |
0.088 (0.265) (4) |
−0.020 (0.797) (0) | −0.084 (0.284) (2) |
0.007 (0.933) (3) |
| Women (%) | 0.004 (0.965) (11) |
0.039 (0.614) (1) |
−0.013 (0.873) (1) | −0.047 (0.550) (4) | −0.038 (0.628) (0) | 0.024 (0.758) (2) | 0.015 (0.847) (3) |
| FIM | 0.204 (0.011) (12) |
0.170 (0.029) (2) |
0.312 (0.000) (2) |
−0.127 (0.107) (5) | 0.177 (0.023) (1) |
0.210 (0.007) (3) |
0.061 (0.443) (4) |
| MMS | 0.175 (0.029) (11) |
0.038 (0.631) (1) | 0.212 (0.006) (1) |
−0.062 (0.429) (4) | 0.202 (0.009) (0) | 0.202 (0.035) (2) |
0.157 (0.045) (3) |
| CIRS | −0.226 (0.033) (77) |
0.005 (0.961) (72) | −0.231 (9.025)(73) | −0.087 (0.407) (74) | −0.230 (0.025) (72) | −0.337 (0.001) (72) |
0.083 (0.430) (74) |
| PHQ-9 | −0.379 (0.000) (15) |
−0.331 (0.000) (5) | −0.319 (0.000) (5) |
−0.265 (0.001) (8) | −0.156 (0.047) (4) | −0.317 (0.000) (6) |
−0.101 (0.202) (7) |
| Living alone (%) | −0.063 (0.434) (11) |
−0.089 (0.255) (1) | 0.080 (0.308) (1) |
−0.052 (0.510) (4) | −0.098 (0.209) (0) | −0.048 (0.540) (2) | −0.170 (0.030) (3) |
| Home care before hospitalisation (%) | −0.238 (0.003) (11) |
−0.106 (0.174) (1) | −0.245 (0.002) (1) |
−0.119 (0.132) (4) | −0.048 (0.056) (0) | −0.152 (0.051) (2) | −0.072 (0.358) (3) |
| SDAT | −0.211 (0.049) (79) |
−0.152 (0.137) (70) | −0.182 (0.073) (69) |
−0.052 (0.619) (73) | −0.173 (0.089) (69) | −0.248 (0.015) (71) | −0.218 (0.034) (72) |
| QPP-SF | 0.264 (0.003) (38) |
0.045 (0.604) (31) |
0.247 (0.004) (31) |
0.074 (0.392) (32) |
0.179 (0.037) (30) |
0.307 (0.000) (31) |
0.245 (0.004) (33) |
| QPP-SF: medical-technical competences | 0.207 (0.011) (16) |
0.055 (0.488) (7) |
0.179 (0.024) (7) |
0.076 (0.345) (9) |
0.206 (0.009) (6) |
0.272 (0.001) (8) |
0.218 (0.006) (9) |
| QPP-SF: physical-technical conditions | 0.252 (0.002) (16) |
0.085 (0.286) (7) |
0.201 (0.011) (7) |
0.130 (0.104) (9) |
0.114 (0.150) (6) |
0.251 (0.001) (8) |
0.311 (0.000) (9) |
| QPP-SF: identity-oriented approach | 0.231 (0.006) (26) |
0.025 (0.758) (17) |
0.251 (0.002) (17) |
0.006 (0.947) (19) |
0.199 (0.014) (16) |
0.265 (0.001) (18) | 0.257 (0.002) (19) |
| QPP-SF: sociocultural atmosphere | 0.242 (0.004) (24) |
0.027 (0.739) (16) |
0.213 (0.009) (16) |
0.052 (0.529) (18) |
0.208 (0.010) (15) |
0.247 (0.002) (16) |
0.325 (0.000) (18) |
Spearman’s rank correlation, rs(p value). The no of missing values is indicated in parentheses.
CIRS, Cumulative Illness Rating Scale; FIM, functional independence measure; MMS, mini-mental state; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (0–27); QPP-SF, quality from the patient’s perspective short form; SDAT, spiritual distress assessment tool.