|  | N | Mean AQoL dimension scores | AQoL utility( c) | ||||
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( a) | ( b)( c) | Â | ||||||
 |  |  | Ill | IL | SR | PS | PW |  |
Age group | 60-69Â years | 27 | 0.23 (0.26) | 0.48 (0.33) | 0.64 (0.31) | 0.88 (0.12) | 0.66 (0.28) | 0.25 (0.28) |
 | 70-79 years | 89 | 0.23 (0.25) | 0.52 (0.34) | 0.72 (0.27) | 0.88 (0.13) | 0.77 (0.19) | 0.32 (0.28) |
 | ≥80 years | 94 | 0.25 (0.25) | 0.48 (0.32) | 0.72 (0.30) | 0.80 (0.17) | 0.78 (0.20) | 0.30 (0.26) |
Statistics (d) | ANOVA |  | F = 0.07 | F = 0.40 | F = 0.88 | F = 7.38*** | F = 3.93* | F = 1.14 |
 |  |  |  |  |  | P ≤ 0.001 | P ≤ 0.05 |  |
Primary health condition (e) | Cancer | 23 | 0.35 (0.26) | 0.62 (0.28) | 0.83 (0.19) | 0.86 (0.13) | 0.82 (0.11) | 0.42 (0.24) |
Cardiac | 47 | 0.20 (0.22) | 0.40 (0.32) | 0.69 (0.26) | 0.78 (0.17) | 0.76 (0.22) | 0.24 (0.26) | |
Mental illness | 46 | 0.18 (0.18) | 0.50 (0.35) | 0.69 (0.32) | 0.81 (0.20) | 0.73 (0.24) | 0.30 (0.29) | |
Muscular/Pain | 51 | 0.22 (0.26) | 0.43 (0.30) | 0.68 (0.31) | 0.87 (0.14) | 0.78 (0.21) | 0.27 (0.25) | |
 | Respiratory | 18 | 0.25 (0.31) | 0.63 (0.29) | 0.81 (0 l.27) | 0.87 (0.08) | 0.77 (0.15) | 0.39 (0.27) |
 | Other | 21 | 0.32 (0.25) | 0.56 (0.34) | 0.61 (0.32) | 0.88 (0.13) | 0.74 (0.20) | 0.32 (0.29) |
Statistics (d) | ANOVA |  | F = 2.30* | F = 2.87* | F = 1.95 | F = 2.18 | F = 0.54 | F = 2.32* |
Charlson | 0/1 | 90 | 0.25 (0.23) | 0.49 (0.32) | 0.75 (0.26) | 0.83 (0.16) | 0.79 (0.17) | 0.32 (0.26) |
 | 2/3 | 45 | 0.27 (0.28) | 0.59 (0.031) | 0.72 (0.30) | 0.86 (0.16) | 0.76 (0.24) | 0.36 (0.28) |
 | 4/5 | 26 | 0.22 (0.22) | 0.38 (0.36) | 0.62 (0.32) | 0.82 (0.19) | 0.75 (0.19) | 0.24 (0.28) |
 | ≥6 | 47 | 0.16 (0.22) | 0.45 (0.30) | 0.64 (0.31) | 0.84 (0.15) | 0.73 (0.25) | 0.24 (0.26) |
Statistics (d) | ANOVA |  | F = 2.87* | F = 2.69* | F = 2.35 | F = 0.52 | F = 0.60 | F = 2.78* |
Service (f) | CCM | 62 | 0.25 (0.24) | 0.62 (0.29) | 0.81 (0.23) | 0.85 (0.15) | 0.80 (0.18) | 0.42 (0.26) |
 | RAC | 146 | 0.23 (0.25) | 0.43 (0.32) | 0.66 (0.30) | 0.83 (0.16) | 0.75 (0.22) | 0.25 (0.26) |
Statistics (d) | Independent t-test |  | t = −0.80 | t = 4.06*** | t = 3.61*** | t = −0.65 | t = 1.29 | t = −4.52*** |