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Table 1 Descriptive data of WHO QoL-BREF and Level of Functioning (WHODAS II) measures in N = 3142 European community-dwelling elderly

From: Quality of life, level of functioning, and its relationship with mental and physical disorders in the elderly: results from the MentDis_ICF65+ study

 

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

  1. Legend: Table shows weighted means ± standard deviations. The effect of gender, age (and interaction of age and gender if significant) and study centre on the respective scale was tested within a multiple linear regression, adjusting for the survey structure of the data (see methods section). a indicates a significant main effect < 0.05; b indicates a significant interaction between age and sex.
  2. WHODAS II = WHO Disability Assessment Schedule, WHO QoL-BREF = WHO Quality of Life BREF; SHR = Self-Health Rated (How do you rate your overall health in the past 30 days?)