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Table 2 Demographic information

From: Exploring older people’s understanding of the QOL-ACC, a new preference-based quality-of-life measure, for quality assessment and economic evaluation in aged care: the impact of cognitive impairment and dementia

Cognition Group (MMSE)

 

No Cognitive Impairment

Mild/Moderate Cognitive Impairment

Total

TOTAL

24

20

44

Age:

   

Mean (SD)

85.6 (8.58)

88.2 (6.75)

87.05 (7.72)

Median (25th & 75th percentiles)

86 (79, 93)

88 (83, 92)

86.5 (81.25, 92.75)

Gender: n (%)

   

Female

13 (54)

15 (75)

28 (64)

Male

11 (46)

5 (25)

16 (36)

Education: n (%)*

   

Primary school

2 (8)

7 (35)

9 (20)

Some secondary school

13 (54)

12 (60)

25 (57)

Completed secondary school

4 (17)

0 (0.00)

4 (9)

Tertiary (vocational or university)

5 (21)

1 (5)

6 (14)

Living resi. care: n (%)

   

< 12 m

4 (17)

5 (25)

9 (20)

1-3y

10 (42)

7 (35)

17 (39)

≥ 3y

9 (37)

6 (30)

15 (34)

Missing

1 (4)

2 (10)

3 (7)

Birth country: n (%)

   

Australia

23 (96)

17 (85)

40 (91)

England

0 (0)

2 (10)

2 (4.5)

Other

1 (4)

1 (5)

2 (4.5)

Location: n (%)

   

Metropolitan

4 (17)

3 (15)

7 (15.90)

Regional

20 (83)

17 (85)

37 (84.10)

QOL-ACC Utility score:

   

Mean (SD)

0.751 (0.243)

0.771 (0.270)

0.758 (0.253)

Median (25th & 75th percentiles)

0.805 (0.640, 0.945)

0.868 (0.717, 0.927)

0.813 (0.647, 0.932)

  1. * P = > 0.05