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Table 2 Adjusted mean scores for quality of life (WHO-QoL-BREF) and level of functioning (WHODAS-II)) in elderly with and without an ICD-10 diagnosis of mental disorders.

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

Scale

Any mental disorder

Major Depression

Anxiety Disorders

Somatoform Disorders

 

Yes

No

p

Yes

No

p

Yes

No

p

Yes

No

p

WHO-QoLBref

 Physical

64.7 [63.5;66.0]

73.2 [72.1;74.3]

< 0.001

66.1 [63.6;68.7]

70.7 [70.1;71.2]

0.003

63.3 [61.3;65.3]

71.6 [71.0;72.2]

< 0.001

55.6 [52.0;59.2]

70.8 [70.3;71.4]

< 0.001

 Social

73.6 [71.7;75.4]

79.8 [78.9;80.6]

< 0.001

72.1 [69.2;75.0]

78.2 [76.9;79.5]

0.002

73.7 [71.4;76.1]

78.4 [77.4;79.3]

< 0.001

71.2 [67.6;74.9]

77.8 [76.8;78.9]

< 0.001

 Environment

68.9 [67.1;70.6]

73.9 [72.8;75.0]

< 0.001

70.2 [68.5;71.8]

72.4 [71.5;73.2]

0.013

69.0 [66.7;71.2]

72.8 [71.8;73.7]

0.006

63.6 [59.1;68.1]

72.5 [71.7;73.3]

< 0.001

 Global

61.7 [60.4;62.9]

70.1 [69.0;71.3]

< 0.001

63.6 [61.3;65.8]

67.6 [66.6;68.5]

0.002

61.7 [60.2;63.1]

68.3 [67.3;69.3]

< 0.001

52.7 [48.3;57.0]

67.8 [66.8;68.7]

< 0.001

WHODAS II

 Mobility

4.4 [4.2;4.7]

3.6 [3.4;3.7]

< 0.001

4.2 [3.8;4.6]

3.8 [3.7;3.9]

0.060

4.2 [3.9;4.5]

3.8 [3.7;3.9]

0.026

5.6 [5.1;6.1]

3.8 [3.7;3.9]

< 0.001

 Household

3.5 [3.4;3.7]

2.7 [2.6;2.8]

< 0.001

3.5 [3.2;3.8]

3.0 [2.9;3.0]

0.004

3.4 [3.2;3.6]

2.9 [2.9;3.0]

< 0.001

4.3 [4.0;4.7]

3.0 [2.9;3.0]

< 0.001

 Cognitive

2.9 [2.8;3.0]

2.5 [2.5;2.5]

< 0.001

2.9 [2.7;3.1]

2.6 [2.6;2.7]

0.025

2.9 [2.8;3.1]

2.6 [2.5;2.6]

0.001

3.2 [2.8;3.7]

2.6 [2.6;2.6]

0.006

 Social

2.6 [2.5;2.7]

2.3 [2.2;2.3]

< 0.001

2.6 [2.4;2.7]

2.4 [2.3;2.4]

0.055

2.6 [2.5;2.8]

2.3 [2.3;2.4]

< 0.001

2.9 [2.6;3.2]

2.4 [2.3;2.4]

0.001

 Self-care

2.6 [2.5;2.6]

2.3 [2.2;2.4]

< 0.001

2.5 [2.3;2.7]

2.4 [2.3;2.4]

0.394

2.5 [2.4;2.6]

2.4 [2.3;2.4]

0.018

3.1 [2.8;3.4]

2.4 [2.3;2.4]

< 0.001

 Society

3.8 [3.7;3.9]

2.9 [2.8;3.0]

< 0.001

3.8 [3.5;4.0]

3.2 [3.1;3.2]

< 0.001

3.8 [3.5;4.0]

3.1 [3.1;3.2]

< 0.001

4.7 [4.2;5.1]

3.2 [3.1;3.2]

< 0.001

 Total

19.8 [19.3;20.3]

16.3 [15.9;16.7]

< 0.001

19.3 [18.1;20.4]

17.3 [17.0;17.6]

0.005

19.4 [18.5;20.4]

17.1 [16.8;17.4]

< 0.001

23.9 [22.8;25.0]

17.2 [17.0;17.5]

< 0.001

  1. Adjusted means with 95%-confidence intervals resulting from models adjusted for age, gender and centre are presented. A separate model was calculated for any mental disorder, while major depression, anxiety disorders and somatoform disorders were included in one model
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