Is global quality of life reduced before fracture in patients with low-energy wrist or hip fracture? A comparison with matched controls

Table 2 QOLS scores for relationship and marital well-being, health and functioning, and personal, social, and community commitment in wrist fracture patients, hip fracture patients, and controls.

	Wrist fracture patients	Hip fracture patients	Control group	p value*
	n = 181	n = 97	n = 226
QOLS
Total QOLS**	94.03 (10.65)	89.29 (10.98)	95.97 (9.20)	< 0.001 bc
Relationship and marital well-being***	31.24 (3.07)	29.67 (3.70)	31.75 (2.88)	< 0.001 bc
Health and functioning***	28.81 (4.15)	26.61 (5.09)	29.54 (3.77)	<0.001 bc
Personal, social, and community commitment****	33.97 (5.00)	32.70 (4.74)	34.57 (4.33)	0.006 b

Unadjusted means (SD)
Values are expressed as mean (SD).
* UNIANOVA. Significant differences between: a = wrist vs. control, b = hip vs. control, and c = wrist vs. hip. P-values marked with bold indicate statistically significant differences between the groups.
**The QOLS scores range from 16 to 112, where 112 means perfect QOL.
***Range 5–35, where 35 means high QOL.
****Range 6–42, where 42 means high QOL.

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