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Table 3 HRQL (SF-36), SOC (SOC-13), SRH and tiredness among women and men with and without dizziness

From: Dizziness and health-related quality of life among older adults in an urban population: a cross-sectional study

 

Women

Men

Women and men

No dizziness

Dizziness

No dizziness

Dizziness

No dizziness

Dizziness

SF-36, mean (SD)

n=

132

152

94

93

226

245

Physical functioning

      

Role physical

69.7 (24.6)

57.2 (24.0) ***

77.6 (20.0)

65.6 (24.0) **

73.0 (23)

60.3 (24.9) ***

Bodily pain

65.5 (41.6)

52.2 (44.0) **

73.8 (37.6)

55.6 (42.1) **

69.0 (40.0)

53.5 (43.3) ***

General health

70.9 (27.3)

53.0 (24.1) ***

76.7 (25.3)

65.0 (27.3) **

73.3 (26.7)

57.5 (25.9) ***

Vitality

70.0 (18.7)

56.5 (20.6) ***

68.1 (18.7)

60.6 (21.5) *

69.2 (18.7)

58.0 (20.0) ***

Social functioning

68.1 (21.6)

55.1 (24.4) ***

70.6 (20.6)

59.7 (23.1) **

69.2 (21.2)

56.8 (23.9) ***

Role emotional

86.3 (20.1)

76.3 (25.7) **

87.8 (20.3)

81.1 (25.0) *

86.9 (20.6)

78.1 (25.5) ***

Mental health

76.1 (39.1)

67.6 (40.5)

79.6 (33.0)

68.4 (39.7) *

77.6 (36.7)

67.9 (40.1) **

 

80.9 (18.3)

73.0 (21.8) **

84.5 (17.5)

80.7 (16.0)

82.4 (18.0)

75.9 (20) **

SOC-13, mean (SD)

  

n=

126

146

98

82

228

224

SOC-13 total

75.4 (11.1)

74.2 (10.3)

75.7 (8.37)

74.7 (9.31)

75.5 (9.99)

74.4 (9.97)

SOC:

      

Comprehensibility

28.0 (4.60)

28.0 (4.26)

28.7 (3.59)

28.0 (3.95)

28.3 (4.19)

28.0 (4.15)

Manageability

23.0 (3.96)

22.6 (3.51)

23.0 (3.07)

22.9 (3.01)

23.0 (3.59)

22.7 (3.34)

Meaningfulness

24.2 (4.61)

24.0 (4.20)

24.6 (3.09)

23.8 (4.19)

24.4 (4.02)

23.8 (4.19)

SRH and tiredness, n (%)

  

Very good

54 (32)

22 (10)

39 (31)

12 (10)

93 (31)

34 (10)

Good

103 (61)

154 (70)

79 (63)

95 (77)

182 (62)

249 (72)

Pretty poor

12 (7)

39 (18)

6 (5)

14 (11)

18 (6)

53 (16)

Very poor

1 (1)

5 (2)

2 (2)

3 (2)

3 (1)

8 (2)

  

p < 0.0001

 

p < 0.001

 

p < 0.0001

Not feeling well

22 (13)

62 (29) **

15 (12)

31 (25) **

37 (13)

93 (27) ***

Feeling tired

61 (36)

113 (52) **

35 (28)

57 (46) **

96 (32)

170 (50) ***

  1. Health-related quality of life (HRQL) measured with Short form Health Survey questionnaire (SF-36), Sense of coherence (SOC-13), self-rated health (SRH) and tiredness among women and men with and without dizziness
  2. p values based on t test (SF-36, SOC-13), Mantel–Haenszel chi square test (SRH) and Fisher’s exact test (feeling tired, not feeling well), comparing dizzy and non-dizzy individuals (SF-36, SOC-13), *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
  3. The maximum score for SF-36 is 100 for every domain, higher scores indicate better HRQL. The maximum total score for SOC-13 is 91 (range 13–91), higher scores indicate higher sense of coherence
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