| Overall | Gender | Age | Study centre | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Male | Female | 65–69 | 70–74 | 75–79 | 80–84 | Hamburg | London | Madrid | Ferrara | Geneva | Jerusalem | |
WHO QoL-BREF (Range all scores: 0–100) | |||||||||||||
 Global | 67.2 ± 18.2 | 68.5 ± 17.9 | 66.0 ± 18.3a | 68.6 ± 18.4 | 66.5 ± 19.0 | 68.2 ± 17.6 | 64.1 ± 16.9a | 68.2 ± 18.7 | 70.6 ± 18.1 | 64.6 ± 18.3 | 63.5 ± 16.4 | 77.5 ± 15.6 | 63.5 ± 19.8a |
 Environment | 72.1 ± 15.9 | 73.8 ± 14.9 | 70.8 ± 16.6b | 72.8 ± 16.2 | 71.9 ± 16.5 | 72.8 ± 15.1 | 70.2 ± 15.3b | 71.8 ± 15.4 | 76.0 ± 15.6 | 71.1 ± 13.4 | 68.7 ± 16.5 | 87.9 ± 13.3 | 62.9 ± 22.2a |
 Social | 77.6 ± 17.3 | 77.2 ± 16.7 | 77.9 ± 17.8 | 78.3 ± 17.6 | 76.6 ± 17.4 | 78.7 ± 16.9 | 76.3 ± 16.9 | 78.7 ± 16.1 | 82.6 ± 18.0 | 76.3 ± 16.3 | 72.4 ± 17.2 | 82.3 ± 15.2 | 71.6 ± 23.3a |
 Physical | 70.2 ± 19.8 | 71.5 ± 19.4 | 69.1 ± 20.0a | 74.1 ± 19.2 | 71.3 ± 19.4 | 68.9 ± 19.1 | 62.7 ± 20.4a | 72.6 ± 19.4 | 68.9 ± 20.7 | 68.3 ± 18.5 | 69.1 ± 19.7 | 73.0 ± 19.9 | 66.8 ± 24.6a |
WHODAS II (Range total score: 12–60; Range subscales: 1–10) | |||||||||||||
 Total Score | 17.5 ± 6.7 | 16.6 ± 6.4 | 18.2 ± 6.9a | 15.9 ± 5.8 | 17.1 ± 6.2 | 17.8 ± 6.5 | 20.9 ± 8.2a | 17.5 ± 6.4 | 18.4 ± 7.3 | 16.9 ± 6.1 | 17.1 ± 7.0 | 15.9 ± 4.8 | 20.9 ± 8.8a |
 Mobility | 3.9 ± 2.4 | 3.5 ± 2.1 | 4.2 ± 2.5a | 3.2 ± 2.0 | 3.6 ± 2.1 | 4.1 ± 2.3 | 5.2 ± 2.7a | 3.8 ± 2.3 | 4.3 ± 2.5 | 3.6 ± 2.2 | 3.8 ± 2.4 | 3.2 ± 2.0 | 4.5 ± 2.5a |
 Household | 3.0 ± 1.7 | 2.8 ± 1.5 | 3.2 ± 1.8a | 2.7 ± 1.5 | 2.9 ± 1.6 | 3.1 ± 1.7 | 3.7 ± 2.1a | 3.1 ± 1.7 | 3.2 ± 1.7 | 2.8 ± 1.4 | 2.9 ± 1.8 | 2.7 ± 1.3 | 3.8 ± 2.1a |
 Cognitive | 2.6 ± 1.2 | 2.5 ± 1.1 | 2.7 ± 1.2b | 2.4 ± 1.0 | 2.6 ± 1.1 | 2.7 ± 1.2 | 2.9 ± 1.4b | 2.6 ± 1.1 | 2.8 ± 1.3 | 2.7 ± 1.2 | 2.5 ± 1.1 | 2.5 ± 0.9 | 3.2 ± 1.8a |
 Social | 2.4 ± 1.0 | 2.4 ± 1.0 | 2.3 ± 0.9 | 2.3 ± 0.8 | 2.4 ± 1.1 | 2.4 ± 1.0 | 2.4 ± 1.0 | 2.4 ± 1.0 | 2.4 ± 1.0 | 2.4 ± 1.0 | 2.3 ± 0.9 | 2.4 ± 0.8 | 2.8 ± 1.5 |
 Self-care | 2.4 ± 1.2 | 2.4 ± 1.2 | 2.4 ± 1.2 | 2.2 ± 0.9 | 2.3 ± 1.1 | 2.3 ± 1.1 | 2.9 ± 1.8a | 2.3 ± 1.0 | 2.6 ± 1.4 | 2.3 ± 1.1 | 2.4 ± 1.4 | 2.2 ± 0.6 | 2.7 ± 1.7a |
 Society | 3.2 ± 1.6 | 3.0 ± 1.5 | 3.4 ± 1.6a | 3.0 ± 1.5 | 3.2 ± 1.5 | 3.2 ± 1.5 | 3.7 ± 1.9a | 3.3 ± 1.5 | 3.2 ± 1.5 | 3.1 ± 1.5 | 3.2 ± 1.7 | 2.9 ± 1.3 | 3.8 ± 2.1a |
SHR (Range: 1–5) | |||||||||||||
 Global | 2.3 ± 0.8 | 2.2 ± 0.8 | 2.4 ± 0.8a | 2.2 ± 0.8 | 2.3 ± 0.8 | 2.4 ± 0.8 | 2.6 ± 0.8a | 2.3 ± 0.8 | 2.2 ± 0.9 | 2.4 ± 0.8 | 2.5 ± 0.8 | 2.0 ± 0.7 | 2.4 ± 0.9a |