Table 2.

Health-related quality of life dimensions of the respondents compared with age- and sex-matched Italian and Finnish populations

Health-related Quality of Life	Respondents (n = 205)	General Italian population (n = 205)	General Finnish population (n = 4752)	p (respondents vs IT)	p (respondents vs FIN)	p (IT vs FIN)
Mobility	0.829 ± 0.262	0.975 ± 0.104	0.932 ± 0.140	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Vision	0.933 ± 0.143	0.934 ± 0.114	0.958 ± 0.116	0.981	0.015	0.002
Hearing	0.972 ± 0.089	0.968 ± 0.115	0.937 ± 0.129	0.695	< 0.001	0.001
Breathing	0.730 ± 0.238	0.910 ± 0.148	0.935 ± 0.146	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.013
Sleeping	0.837 ± 0.226	0.843 ± 0.194	0.846 ± 0.171	0.780	0.571	0.830
Eating	0.945 ± 0.176	0.997 ± 0.040	0.997 ± 0.037	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.744
Speech	0.959 ± 0.139	0.986 ± 0.064	0.982 ± 0.079	0.015	0.023	0.470
Excretion	0.918 ± 0.194	0.911 ± 0.173	0.890 ± 0.175	0.674	0.037	0.140
Usual activities	0.785 ± 0.283	0.958 ± 0.130	0.915 ± 0.167	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Mental function	0.875 ± 0.201	0.934 ± 0.142	0.885 ± 0.180	0.001	0.486	< 0.001
Discomfort and symptoms	0.814 ± 0.239	0.936 ± 0.141	0.796 ± 0.197	< 0.001	0.271	< 0.001
Depression	0.828 ± 0.211	0.893 ± 0.169	0.940 ± 0.122	0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Distress	0.816 ± 0.223	0.811 ± 0.205	0.941 ± 0.129	0.816	< 0.001	< 0.001
Vitality	0.779 ± 0.230	0.880 ± 0.161	0.821 ± 0.145	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.247
Sexual activity	0.728 ± 0.301	0.866 ± 0.215	0.867 ± 0.224	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.691
15D	0.850 ± 0.143	0.929 ± 0.809	0.914 ± 0.084	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.030

All the variables are expressed as mean ± SD. p values are referred to two-sided t-test