Table 3.

EORTC QLQ-C30 normative data for the Austrian general population stratified by age (N = 1002)

		Total	18–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–69	≥70
Physical functioning	M	89.72	92.44	91.59	90.58	90.80	89.48	82.39
	SD	13.89	8.37	11.89	13.50	14.11	14.50	18.30
Role functioning	M	88.92	92.98	93.11	88.02	88.33	87.21	82.46
	SD	20.35	15.32	15.56	23.02	20.26	21.76	24.00
Emotional functioning	M	78.13	76.38	73.70	74.62	78.08	82.68	85.11
	SD	22.25	25.56	23.36	23.94	21.01	16.80	16.95
Cognitive functioning	M	89.06	88.80	91.80	88.50	90.25	87.85	87.05
	SD	17.76	22.14	14.23	18.74	15.88	16.61	15.72
Social functioning	M	92.23	92.94	93.33	90.68	91.17	93.00	92.51
	SD	17.14	16.01	15.85	18.95	18.83	16.48	16.32
Global health/QoL	M	75.65	77.92	77.56	73.10	75.33	75.82	73.81
	SD	20.02	19.78	18.32	19.78	20.26	19.96	21.63
Fatigue	M	24.12	25.84	24.71	25.69	21.95	21.90	23.63
	SD	22.72	20.33	22.37	24.57	24.30	22.29	22.47
Nausea/vomiting	M	1.99	3.80	1.63	2.25	.92	1.74	1.00
	SD	8.29	12.99	7.61	7.60	4.79	6.74	4.62
Pain	M	19.96	13.93	13.88	20.26	23.00	23.91	27.09
	SD	24.33	19.60	19.28	24.67	25.05	24.98	29.29
Dyspnea	M	10.89	4.56	8.15	11.79	11.17	14.20	18.08
	SD	20.57	12.93	17.16	21.10	21.48	23.09	25.02
Insomnia	M	20.01	14.28	12.57	23.65	24.84	24.48	22.02
	SD	27.84	23.95	22.30	28.46	30.64	29.85	29.48
Appetite loss	M	4.38	5.62	3.59	4.00	3.50	4.68	4.63
	SD	16.09	19.64	13.62	14.79	14.34	15.76	16.57
Constipation	M	6.18	3.72	7.08	6.63	4.67	5.52	10.24
	SD	17.28	14.58	19.39	17.33	14.59	15.33	21.45
Diarrhea	M	7.54	8.43	7.13	6.83	9.33	6.98	6.04
	SD	18.66	19.85	16.22	18.09	20.65	18.45	17.73
Financial difficulties	M	5.05	5.54	4.08	5.48	5.50	4.90	4.45
	SD	17.56	19.72	16.43	18.19	17.94	16.34	15.40

M Mean scores, SD standard deviation, QoL quality of life