A validation of the ICECAP-O in a population of post-hospitalized older people in the Netherlands

Table 4 Comparison of the discriminant validity of the wellbeing instruments

Variable	Level	Cantril’s ladder	SPF-IL	*ICECAP-O*
Demographics		Mean Cantril’s ladder score	Mean SPF-IL score	Mean ICECAP-O score
Age	Older people below 75	7.51	2.86	0.86*
Age	Elderly above 75	7.36	2.81	0.83
Sex	Female	7.44	2.82	0.85
Sex	Male	7.41	2.84	0.84
Education	Pre-secondary	7.49	2.89	0.86
Education	Post-secondary	7.36	2.77	0.83
Married	Married or other living together	7.58	2.86	0.85
	Divorced	6.13	2.60	0.76
	Widow	7.38	2.86	0.85
	Never married	7.56	1.84	0.83
Living situation	Alone	7.17	2.80	0.84
	With partner/children	7.67	2.87	0.84
	Nursing home	6.76	2.66	0.78
Health
Multimorbid	Maximum 1 chronic condition	7.76**	2.99**	0.89**
Multimorbid	More than 2 conditions	7.26	2.75	0.82
IADL	Independent	7.99**	3.01**	0.92**
IADL	Dependent	7.17	2.74	0.81
SF-20 social activity limitations	No limitations	7.78**	2.97**	0.90**
SF-20 social activity limitations	Limited	6.92	2.63	0.77
GDS	Not depressed	7.73**	2.95**	0.88**
GDS	Depressed	6.48	2.47	0.73
EQ5D	Top 50%	7.87**	2.97**	0.90**
EQ5D	Bottom 50%	7.10	2.72	0.80

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