Table 2.
Health-related quality of life of elderly people in Guangzhou (N = 1000)
| Scales | Aged care model | Scores (mean ± SD) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Age group | |||||
| 60–69 (N = 215) | 70–79 (N = 244) | 80–89 (N = 440) | ≥ 90 (N = 101) | |||
| PCS | 39.92 ± 10.33 | 44.99 ± 9.38 | 40.97 ± 10.21 | 37.78 ± 10.02 | 35.93 ± 9.52 | |
| 1 | 37.17 ± 10.18 | 37.85 ± 9.16 | 38.92 ± 11.30 | 37.04 ± 10.01 | 34.93 ± 9.50 | |
| 1.1 | 36.89 ± 10.44 | 36.78 ± 9.47 | 37.49 ± 11.63 | 37.21 ± 10.30 | 35.23 ± 10.01 | |
| 1.2 | 37.80 ± 9.57 | 42.52 ± 6.10 | 42.22 ± 9.89 | 36.75 ± 9.51 | 33.42 ± 6.47 | |
| 2 | 43.27 ± 9.51 | 46.77 ± 8.57 | 42.55 ± 9.00 | 39.77 ± 9.80 | 39.33 ± 8.97 | |
| MCS | 49.08 ± 9.85 | 49.12 ± 8.65 | 49.31 ± 10.08 | 49.20 ± 9.81 | 47.94 ± 11.72 | |
| 1 | 47.85 ± 10.79 | 45.61 ± 11.26 | 46.94 ± 10.93 | 48.50 ± 10.30 | 47.67 ± 12.19 | |
| 1.1 | 47.16 ± 11.14 | 45.24 ± 11.69 | 46.91 ± 11.78 | 47.78 ± 10.45 | 46.54 ± 12.29 | |
| 1.2 | 49.39 ± 9.81 | 47.23 ± 9.65 | 46.98 ± 8.84 | 49.76 ± 9.95 | 53.36 ± 10.34 | |
| 2 | 50.58 ± 8.33 | 50.00 ± 7.66 | 51.14 ± 8.99 | 51.13 ± 8.07 | 48.84 ± 10.16 | |
| PF | 48.60 ± 39.57 | 67.91 ± 36.00 | 55.64 ± 39.17 | 40.06 ± 37.46 | 27.72 ± 36.04 | |
| RP | 51.13 ± 30.74 | 61.57 ± 29.21 | 55.17 ± 32.39 | 46.88 ± 28.76 | 37.62 ± 29.87 | |
| BP | 62.85 ± 26.96 | 68.95 ± 24.85 | 62.19 ± 26.69 | 60.34 ± 27.64 | 62.38 ± 27.30 | |
| GH | 36.65 ± 25.51 | 43.02 ± 26.59 | 34.47 ± 24.13 | 34.94 ± 25.15 | 35.74 ± 26.14 | |
| VT | 58.60 ± 27.12 | 66.51 ± 21.77 | 60.25 ± 26.79 | 55.51 ± 28.18 | 51.24 ± 29.45 | |
| SF | 59.88 ± 32.29 | 70.93 ± 28.46 | 65.47 ± 31.41 | 54.32 ± 32.30 | 47.03 ± 32.65 | |
| RE | 64.45 ± 26.14 | 67.97 ± 24.60 | 65.11 ± 26.98 | 63.49 ± 25.57 | 59.53 ± 28.89 | |
| MH | 70.06 ± 20.89 | 68.72 ± 18.79 | 70.34 ± 20.99 | 71.02 ± 21.12 | 68.07 ± 23.75 | |
Aged care model (1 = institutional care, 1.1 = public institutional care, 1.2 = private institutional care; 2 = community-based home care)