Relationship between health-related quality of life, comorbidities and acute health care utilisation, in adults with chronic conditions

Table 3 Differences in HRQoL (AQoL) dimensions across primary condition and Charlson comorbidity scores

			Mean (SD) AQoL dimension scores^a					AQoL
		N	Ill	IL	SR	PS	PW	utility
Primary health condition	Asthma	215	0.46 (0.30)	0.82 (0.26)	0.85 (0.22)	0.93 (0.11)	0.83 (0.17)	0.61 (0.30)
	COPD/other	248	0.39 (0.27)	0.68 (0.30)	0.79 (0.23)	0.88 (0.12)	0.80 (0.19)	0.45 (0.27)
	Chronic Heart Failure	122	0.28 (0.24)	0.68 (0.32)	0.79 (0.24)	0.87 (0.15)	0.78 (0.20)	0.45 (0.31)
	Ischaemic Heart Disease	136	0.49 (0.23)	0.82 (0.26)	0.84 (0.20)	0.91 (0.10)	0.82 (0.15)	0.57 (0.27)
	Diabetes	915	0.34 (0.25)	0.84 (0.26)	0.88 (0.21)	0.93 (0.10)	0.82 (0.20)	0.62 (0.31)
	Peripheral Vascular Disease	151	0.19 (0.22)	0.63 (0.33)	0.76 (0.27)	0.86 (0.15)	0.76 (0.22)	0.40 (0.32)
	Wound care	30	0.43 (0.29)	0.60 (0.37)	0.78 (0.22)	0.88 (0.15)	0.83 (0.16)	0.43 (0.33)
	Aged Care	180	0.30 (0.25)	0.49 (0.33)	0.72 (0.29)	0.86 (0.14)	0.79 (0.19)	0.33 (0.27)
	Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA Test		χ² = 141.6 p < 0.001	χ² = 252.1 p < 0.001	χ² = 132.2 p < 0.001	χ² = 102.4 p < 0.001	χ² = 29.52 p < 0.001	χ² = 208.9 p < 0.001
Statistics	0/1	955	0.43 (0.27)	0.84 (0.25)	0.86 (0.21)	0.92 (0.11)	0.83 ( 0.18)	0.61 (0.30)
Charlson Score	2/3	494	0.32 (0.24)	0.76 (0.29)	0.84 (0.23)	0.91 (0.11)	0.81 (0.20)	0.54 (0.31)
	4/5	288	0.28 (0.23)	0.69 (0.31)	0.80 (0.25)	0.89 (0.12)	0.80 (0.19)	0.48 (0.31)
	≥6	262	0.23 (0.24)	0.59 (0.35)	0.77 (0.27)	0.87 (0.15)	0.77 (0.21)	0.39 (0.31)
	Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA Test		χ² = 182.8 p < 0.001	χ² = 153.4 p < 0.001	χ² = 45.5 p < 0.001	χ² = 40.3 p < 0.001	χ² = 24.3 p < 0.001	χ² = 118.9 p < 0.001

^a = Ill: Illness; IL: Independent living; SR: Social relationships; PS: Physical senses; PW: Psychological wellbeing; SD = Standard Deviation

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