Table 3.

Variables associated with quality of life (n = 1,152)

	EQ-5D Index								Visual Analogue Scale
	Unadjusted				Multivariate Linear Regression of 943 individuals				Unadjusted				Multivariate Linear Regression of 1,152 individuals
	Coef	[95% Conf. Interval]		P	Coef	[95% Conf. Interval]		P	Coef	[95% Conf. Interval]		P	Coef	[95% Conf. Interval]		P
Age	-0.03	-0.04	-0.02	< 0.001	0.01	0.005	0.02	0.002	-3.6	-4.5	-2.7	< 0.001	0.8	-0.1	1.7	0.068
Women (cf.) Men	-0.03	-0.04	-0.01	0.003	-0.02	-0.04	-0.01	0.007	0.1	-1.7	2.0	0.873	0.2	-1.5	1.8	0.851
Frailty index	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	< 0.001	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	< 0.001	-9.5	-10.4	-8.6	< 0.001	-9.3	-10.8	-7.8	< 0.001
Life-space	0.1	0.1	0.1	< 0.001	0.02	0.01	0.03	< 0.001	6.0	5.2	6.7	< 0.001	2.4	1.4	3.3	< 0.001
Frailty Index # Life-space					0.02	0.01	0.03	< 0.001					-0.5	-1.2	0.2	0.134
NOK contact (in person)
Daily/weekly	[ref]			0.047					[ref]			0.174
Monthly	-0.01	-0.03	0.02						-0.9	-3.5	1.7
Yearly or less	-0.04	-0.1	-0.01						-2.6	-5.4	0.2
NOK contact (by phone)
Daily/weekly	[ref]			0.051					[ref]			0.219
Monthly	-0.04	-0.1	-0.005						0.2	-3.3	3.8
Yearly or less	-0.03	-0.1	0.02						-4.6	-9.8	0.6
Isolation	-0.04	-0.1	-0.01	0.010	-0.02	-0.04	0.01	0.210	-1.8	-4.8	1.3	0.252
Lives alone	-0.03	-0.05	-0.01	0.001	-0.01	-0.02	0.01	0.518	-3.0	-4.8	-1.2	0.001	-1.3	-2.9	0.3	0.123
Distance from NOK (miles)	-0.001	-0.01	0.01	0.809					0.001	-0.9	0.9	0.999
Care package
None	[ref]			< 0.001				0.853	[ref]			< 0.001				0.001
Weekly	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1		0.01	-0.1	0.1		-23.8	-30.8	-16.8		-4.9	-11.4	1.7
Daily/multiple times daily	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3		-0.01	-0.1	0.04		-15.6	-20.2	-11.1		7.8	2.6	13.0
Smoking status
Never	[ref]			0.533					[ref]			0.168
Ex-smoker	-0.01	-0.02	0.01						-0.8	-2.7	1.0
Current	-0.02	-0.1	0.02						-3.7	-7.6	0.3
Alcohol intake
Daily	[ref]			< 0.001				0.769	[ref]			< 0.001				0.886
Weekly	-0.004	-0.03	0.02		0.002	-0.02	0.02		0.1	-2.1	2.3		0.5	-1.4	2.4
Monthly or less	-0.06	-0.08	-0.04		-0.01	-0.03	0.02		-4.7	-7.3	-2.2		0.2	-2.1	2.5

NOK Next of kin