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Table 4 The OPQoL-brief questionnaire. Original 13-items version, plus the preliminary single item on global QoL (OPQoL-G). Means and Standard deviation. During the last week, to what extent have you experienced that...

From: Assessing quality of life in older adults: psychometric properties of the OPQoL-brief questionnaire in a nursing home population

Variable

N

Mean

Std.Dev.

OPQoL1 I enjoy my life overall

181

3.63

1.082

OPQoL2 I look forward to things

181

3.89

0.958

OPQoL3 I am healthy enough to get out and about

181

3.48

1.269

OPQoL4 My family, friends or neighbours will help me if needed

181

4.27

1.014

OPQoL5 I have social or leisure activities/hobbies that I enjoy doing

181

2.99

1.251

OPQoL6 I try to stay involved with things

181

3.50

1.193

OPQoL7 I am healthy enough to have my independence

181

3.75

1.212

OPQoL8 I can please myself what I do

181

3.75

0.907

OPQoL9 I feel safe where I live

181

4.53

0.764

OPQoL10 I get pleasure from my home

181

4.01

1.000

OPQoL11 I take life as it comes and make the best of things

181

4.42

0.754

OPQoL12 I feel lucky compared to most people

181

4.07

0.864

OPQoL13 I have enough money to pay for household bills

181

4.42

0.835

  1. Items 6, 7, 10, 11 and 12 are omitted in the best fitting 8-items measurement model
  2. Listwise N = 181. The OPQoL-brief is scaled 1–5, where higher score means higher QoL