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Table 3 Regression analysis of demographics, clinical characteristics, and health status on QOLS and its sub-dimensions (transformed to Z-scores).

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

 

Quality of life scale

Relationship and marital well-being

Health and functioning

Personal, social, and community commitment

 

Adjusted B

95% CI

p value

Adjusted B

95% CI

p value

Adjusted B

95% CI

p value

Adjusted B

95% CI

p value

Demographic

            

Age*

0.14

(0.06, 0.23)

0.001

0.14

(0.04, 0.24)

0.008

0.12

(0.04, 0.20)

0.002

0.10

(0.00, 0.21)

0.051

Sex

0.30

(0.09, 0.51)

0.005

0.21

(-0.04, 0.45)

0.093

0.21

(0.02, 0.41)

0.028

0.31

(0.05, 0.56)

0.019

Education

            

< 10 yr

            

11–13 yr

0.20

(0.03, 0.37)

0.021

0.18

(-0.02, 0.38)

0.075

0.19

(0.04, 0.34)

0.014

0.13

(-0.08, 0.33)

0.230

> 13 yr

0.13

(-0.07, 0.32)

0.211

0.07

(-0.17, 0.30)

0.566

0.11

(-0.08, 0.29)

0.251

0.13

(-0.12, 0.37)

0.308

Marital status

-0.16

(-0.32, -0.003)

0.045

-0.35

(-0.53, -0.16)

< 0.001

-0.12

(-0.26, 0.03)

0.113

-0.003

(-0.20, 0.19)

0.975

Clinical

            

Wrist fracture

-0.15

(-0.31, 0.02)

0.077

-0.05

(-0.24, 0.14)

0.592

-0.10

(-0.25, 0.05)

0.178

-0.17

(-0.37, 0.03)

0.099

Hip fracture

-0.37

(-0.59, -0.15)

0.001

-0.41

(-0.67, -0.16)

0.002

-0.33

(-0.53, -0.14)

0.001

-0.23

(-0.49, 0.04)

0.096

Osteoporosis**

0.003

(-0.17, 0.18)

0.975

0.02

(-0.19, 0.22)

0.872

0.04

(-0.12, 0.19)

0.635

0.004

(-0.21, 0.22)

0.967

≥ 1 fall in the last year

0.01

(-0.14, 0.16)

0.908

0.10

(-0.08, 0.27)

0.275

0.04

(-0.09, 0.18)

0.542

-0.09

(-0.27, 0.09)

0.342

Health-focused QOL

            

ZPCS***

0.38

(0.30, 0.45)

< 0.001

0.22

(0.13, 0.31)

< 0.001

0.48

(0.41, 0.55)

< 0.001

0.25

(0.16, 0.35)

< 0.001

ZMCS***

0.51

(0.44, 0.59)

< 0.001

0.45

(0.37, 0.54)

< 0.001

0.49

(0.42, 0.56)

< 0.001

0.39

(0.30, 0.47)

< 0.001

R 2 adjusted

51.4%

  

35.2%

  

59.3%

  

24.9%

  
  1. Adjusted unstandardized regression coefficients, 95% CI, p values, and multiple R2 for the full model.
  2. P-values marked with bold indicate statistically significant p-values.
  3. * Age in decades.
  4. ** Osteoporosis at total hip and/or spine L2–L4.
  5. *** ZPCS, physical component summary transformed to Z-score; ZMCS, mental component summary transformed to Z-score.
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