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

Table 4 Difference in mean in the domains of the Short form Health Survey questionnaire (SF-36)

	Physical functioning	Role physical	Bodily pain	General health	Vitality	Social functioning	Role emotional	Mental health
Dizziness, unadjusted
Mean	− 12.4	− 15.1	− 15.5	− 11	− 12.3	− 8.5	− 9.1	− 6.3
CI^a	− 8.1, − 16.8	− 7.5, − 22.7	− 10.7, − 20.3	− 7.3, − 14.6	− 8.2, − 16.4	− 4.3, − 12.7	− 2.0, − 12.7	− 2.8, − 9.7
p value	< 0.0001	0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0004
Dizziness, adjusted*
Mean	− 6	− 7.4	− 8.2	− 4.2	− 6.4	− 4.9	− 5.4	− 2.7
CI	− 10.3, − 1.6	− 15.5, − 0.7	− 12.6, − 3.6	− 7.6, − 0.5	− 10.4, − 2.4	− 9.3, − 0.5	− 13, − 2.1	− 6.0, − 0.7
p value	0.007	0.07	0.0005	0.02	0.002	0.03	0.2	0.1

Difference in mean in the domains of the Short form Health Survey questionnaire (SF-36) measuring health-related quality of life between dizzy and no dizzy participants, unadjusted and adjusted* values
^aCI confidence interval
*Adjusted for sex, sense of coherence (SOC)-13 total score, diabetes, hypertension, hypothyroidism, lung disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, chronic bronchitis), heart disease, stroke/transient ischemic attack, vision impairment, hearing impairment, joint problems and sum of seven diseases in a linear regression

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