Table 6 Comparison of LTCQ scores (completed in full) (LTCQ and LTCQ-8) among sub-groups- age quartiles
Age 18–59 (N = 313) | Age 60–69 (N = 291) | Age 70–79 (N = 293) | Age 80 + (N = 260) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LTCQ | LTCQ− 8 | LTCQ | LTCQ− 8 | LTCQ | LTCQ− 8 | LTCQ | LTCQ− 8 | |
N | 296 | 307 | 267 | 282 | 265 | 282 | 207 | 233 |
mean score | 57.9 | 55.5 | 68.0 | 68.4 | 71.5 | 72.4 | 63.4 | 64.4 |
SD | 23.6 | 26.0 | 22.2 | 24.1 | 22.0 | 23.1 | 21.5 | 23.1 |
SE | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
25th % | 38.8 | 34.4 | 48.8 | 50.0 | 53.8 | 53.1 | 46.3 | 43.8 |
50th % | 56.3 | 53.1 | 71.3 | 71.9 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 65.0 | 65.6 |
75th % | 77.2 | 78.1 | 86.3 | 90.6 | 91.3 | 93.8 | 80.0 | 84.4 |
Correlation (Spearman's) | .97*** | .96*** | .97*** | .97*** | ||||