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Table 1 Unadjusted mean and standard deviation of PCS-12 and MCS-12 scores by characteristics of practices and patients (number of patients = 7606; number of practices = 96)

From: Quality of life of Australian chronically-ill adults: patient and practice characteristics matter

Variable (definition)

Responses

PCS-12

MCS-12

 

No.

%

Mean

(SD)

P-value

Mean

(SD)

P-value

Characteristics of practices

      

   1–3 general practitioners

3970

52.2

41.8 (11.7)

< 0.001

48.8 (11.4)

0.016

   4 or more general practitioners

3636

47.8

43.0 (11.9)

 

49.4 (10.8)

 

Location of practice:

      

   Urban

4468

60.1

42.8 (11.8)

0.001

49.0 (11.0)

0.698

   Rural

3038

39.9

41.8 (11.9)

 

49.2 (11.2)

 

Characteristics of patients

      

Gender:

      

   Male

3474

46.8

42.7(11.6)

0.16

49.8(10.9)

< 0.001

   Female

3944

53.2

42.3(12.0)

 

48.5(11.3)

 

Age (years):

      

   18–39 Yrs

749

10.1

50.4(9.3)

< 0.001

45.0(11.7)

< 0.001

   40–59 Yrs

2538

34.3

44.7(11.4)

 

47.3(11.3)

 

   >59 yrs

4115

55.6

39.5(11.5)

 

51.0(10.5)

 

Health status

      

   Good

4027

54.4

48.2 (8.9)

< 0.001

52.8 (8.9)

< 0.001

   Poor

3382

45.6

35.5 (11.2)

 

44.6 (11.9)

 

Home ownership

      

   Owner-occupied

5899

79.8

43.0 (11.7)

< 0.001

49.9 (10.7)

< 0.001

   Rented

1496

20.2

40.4 (12.2)

 

46.0 (12.1)

 

Education

      

   Degree/Diploma

2208

30.1

45.8 (11.2)

< 0.001

48.7 (11.1)

0.071

   Elementary/High School

5138

69.9

41.0 (11.8)

 

49.3 (11.1)

 

Employment

      

   Employed

2536

34.3

48.4 (9.2)

< 0.001

49.3 (10.2)

< 0.001

   Retired

2935

39.7

39.9 (11.3)

 

51.4 (10.3)

 

   Unemployed (looking for work/full-time education/looking after family/unable to work due to sickness or disability)

1923

26.0

38.3 (12.5)

 

45.3 (12.4)

 

Marital status

      

   Married (married/cohabiting)

5206

70.3

43.1 (11.6)

< 0.001

49.7 (10.8)

< 0.001

   Unmarried (single/separated/divorced/widowed)

2200

29.7

41.0 (12.3)

 

47.6 (11.8)

 

Country of birth

      

   Born in Australia

5474

74.6

42.6 (11.8)

0.008

49.2 (11.0)

0.001

   Born in USA/UK/Canada/New Zealand

1001

13.7

42.8 (12.0)

 

49.6 (11.2)

 

   Born in non-English-speaking countries

858

11.7

41.3 (11.4)

 

47.8 (11.7)

 

Disease

      

   Diabetes

1043

13.7

42.7 (10.9)

< 0.001

50.2 (10.4)

< 0.001

   Ischaemic heart disease/hypertension

1404

18.5

40.5 (11.5)

 

49.3 (10.7)

 

   Asthma

792

10.4

42.8 (11.7)

 

47.7 (11.0)

 

   Two or more conditions

1497

19.7

36.1 (11.3)

 

47.3 (12.2)

 

   Disease unknown

2870

37.7

46.4 (11.0)

 

49.9 (10.8)

 

Overall satisfaction with care

      

   High

2713

36.6

41.6 (12.3)

< 0.001

50.4 (11.3)

< 0.001

   Low

4701

63.4

42.9 (11.5)

 

48.3 (11.0).

 
  1. Notes:
  2. Unknowns were: Gender = 188, Age = 204, Health Status = 197, Home ownership = 211, Education = 260, Employment = 212, Marital status = 200, Country of birth = 273 and overall satisfaction = 192.
  3. P-values are for comparison of component scores for categories of each characteristics using analysis of variance.
  4. Patient characteristics were collected independently using GPAS22 for the same respondents.