Building resiliency: a cross-sectional study examining relationships among health-related quality of life, well-being, and disaster preparedness

Table 4 Mean QoL Scores by Domain, Stratified by Evacuation Kit Activity Status

		Intention		Action
Quality-of-Life domain	Possible score, range	n	Score, mean (SD)	n	Score, mean (SD)	P Value^a	Effect Size^b
Social well-being (FS)	0-24	406	20.2 (4.3)	234	20.9 (3.6)	.047	.006
Emotional well-being (SOC13)	13-91	410	67.8 (11.3)	240	70.4 (10.2)	.004	.013
Spiritual well-being (SS20)	20-100	401	67.6 (12.8)	239	70.4 (11.4)	.006	.011
Physical health status (SF12 PCS)	0-100	403	50.6 (9.1)	239	49.7 (9.6)	.23	.000
Mental health status (SF12 MCS)	0-100	403	51.0 (8.6)	239	51.9 (8.1)	.19	.000
Global well-being (SWLS)	5-35	407	24.7 (6.8)	245	25.8 (6.7)	.03	.007

Abbreviations: FS 6-item Friendship Scale, SOC 13 13-item Sense of Coherence scale, SS 20 20-item Serenity Scale, SF 12 12-item Short Form Health Survey, PCS physical component summary, MCS mental component summary, SWLS 5-item Satisfaction With Life Scale.
^aIndependent samples were compared by using a 2-tailed t test.
^bEta squared. Eta-squared is the proportion of total variation of the QOL domain attributable to the activity status. Guidelines for interpreting how much variance in kit activity can be accounted for by the scores from each QOL domain, and the importance of this effect size, are measured on a scale of 0 = no effect; .01 = small effect; .06 = moderate effect; .14 = large effect; 1 = perfect effect [114].

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