Table 3.
Results from multivariate regression analyses of quality of life domains at baseline
| Physical QoL | Psychological QoL | Environment QoL | Social QoL | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b (95% CI) | Beta | p | b (95% CI) | beta | p | b (95% CI) | beta | p | b (95% CI) | beta | p | |
| Age | − 0.23 (− 0.31 to − 0.14) | − 0.07 | 0.000 | 0.00 (− 0.06 to 0.06) | 0.00 | 0.967 | − 0.09 (− 0.16 to − 0.03) | − 0.04 | 0.004 | 0.20 (0.11–0.28) | 0.07 | 0.000 |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | ||||||||
| Female | 0.09 (− 0.96 to 1.14) | 0.00 | 0.866 | − 0.39 (− 1.15 to 0.38) | − 0.01 | 0.321 | 0.96 (0.16–1.76) | 0.03 | 0.019 | 7.26 (6.22–8.29) | 0.18 | 0.000 |
| Qualifications | ||||||||||||
| Yes | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | ||||||||
| No | − 1.45 (− 2.54 to − 0.37) | − 0.03 | 0.009 | − 0.44 (− 1.23 to 0.35) | − 0.01 | 0.271 | − 2.08 (− 2.91 to − 1.25) | − 0.06 | 0.000 | 0.20 (− 0.87 to 1.28) | 0.01 | 0.710 |
| Living status | ||||||||||||
| Living alone | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | ||||||||
| Cohabitating | 1.98 (0.65–3.31) | 0.04 | 0.003 | 3.05 (2.09–4.02) | 0.08 | 0.000 | 3.74 (2.73–4.75) | 0.11 | 0.000 | 5.15 (3.82–6.47) | 0.12 | 0.000 |
| Employment | ||||||||||||
| Retired | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | ||||||||
| Employed | 3.87 (1.73–6.00) | 0.04 | 0.000 | 2.73 (1.17–4.30) | 0.04 | 0.001 | 0.29 (− 1.35 to 1.94) | 0.00 | 0.725 | 1.40 (− 0.71 to 3.52) | 0.02 | 0.193 |
| Health literacy | ||||||||||||
| Never | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | ||||||||
| Rarely | − 5.34 (− 7.10 to − 3.59) | − 0.07 | 0.000 | − 2.82 (− 4.09 to − 1.55) | − 0.05 | 0.000 | − 4.90 (− 6.24 to − 3.56) | − 0.09 | 0.000 | − 1.88 (− 3.60 to − 0.17) | − 0.03 | 0.032 |
| Sometimes | − 7.75 (− 9.53 to − 5.96) | − 0.11 | 0.000 | − 6.39 (− 7.68 to − 5.09) | − 0.11 | 0.000 | − 7.03 (− 8.39 to − 5.67) | − 0.13 | 0.000 | − 1.61 (− 3.37 to 0.15) | − 0.02 | 0.073 |
| Often/always | − 13.6 (− 15.64 to 11.60) | − 0.17 | 0.000 | − 10.5 (− 11.93 to − 8.99) | − 0.17 | 0.000 | − 9.8 (− 11.32 to − 8.24) | − 0.17 | 0.000 | − 4.80 (− 6.85 to − 2.76) | − 0.07 | 0.000 |
| LTCs | − 4.50 (− 4.81 to − 4.18) | − 0.35 | 0.000 | − 1.05 (− 1.28 to − 0.82) | − 0.10 | 0.000 | − 1.27 (− 1.51 to − 1.02) | − 0.13 | 0.000 | − 1.18 (− 1.50 to − 0.87) | − 0.10 | 0.000 |
| Depression | 0.34 (0.31–0.36) | 0.34 | 0.000 | 0.44 (0.42–0.46) | 0.55 | 0.000 | 0.24 (0.22–0.26) | 0.33 | 0.000 | 0.25 (0.23–0.28) | 0.28 | 0.000 |
| Social support | 0.17 (0.08–0.26) | 0.05 | 0.000 | 0.56 (0.50–0.63) | 0.22 | 0.000 | 0.73 (0.66–0.80) | 0.31 | 0.000 | 1.30 (1.21–1.39) | 0.45 | 0.000 |
| IMD | − 0.08 (− 0.11 to − 0.05) | − 0.07 | 0.000 | − 0.01 (− 0.03 to 0.01) | − 0.01 | 0.513 | − 0.10 (− 0.12 to − 0.07) | − 0.11 | 0.000 | − 0.04 (− 0.07 to − 0.01) | − 0.03 | 0.012 |
Ref reference category in the analysis