Table 3 Association between the SF-36 scores and socio-demographical characteristics of the study sample
From: Determinants of health-related quality of life in elderly in Tehran, Iran
Scales | Sex | P value | Age Groups | P-value | Marital Status | P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Male mean (SD) | Female mean (SD) |  | 65–69 mean (SD) | 70–74 mean (SD) | 75–79 mean (SD) | 80+ mean (SD) |  | Married mean (SD) | Unmarried mean (SD) |  |
PF | 62(29) | 45.7(30.2) | 0.000 | 62.6(30.2) | 55.4(29.5) | 48.5(29.6) | 40.9(29.3) | 0.001 | 59.1(29.5) | 45.2(31.1) | 0.000 |
RP | 62.3(47) | 48.5(48.5) | 0.004 | 69.2(44.8) | 54.9(48.9) | 38.9(47.5) | 44.1(47.2) | 0.000 | 61.4(46.9) | 44.6(49) | 0.001 |
BP | 62.3(27.7) | 42.1(26.7) | 0.000 | 57(28.9) | 52.3(27.5) | 51.5(32.3) | 49.5(28.9) | 0.105 | 58.1(28.4) | 43(27.8) | 0.000 |
GH | 59.9(19.4) | 48.7(21.4) | 0.000 | 57.1(19.9) | 53.8(21.8) | 53.7(22) | 54(21.1) | 0.409 | 57.2(20.5) | 50.1(21.3) | 0.002 |
VT | 62.2(21.4) | 47.5(24.8) | 0.000 | 58.8(24.1) | 55.1(23.5) | 52.4(22.6) | 53.2(26) | 0.394 | 58.7(22.8) | 49.7(25.7) | 0.000 |
SF | 74.8 (23.9) | 65.8(27.5) | 0.001 | 72.4(25) | 71.9(25.5) | 67.6(27.6) | 68.3(27.3) | 0.264 | 73.3(24.6) | 65.2(28) | 0.004 |
RE | 72.2(42.8) | 56.7(47.8) | 0.001 | 68.8(45.3) | 63.4(46.2) | 61.7(46.6) | 65(44.8) | 0.154 | 76(45) | 61.9(47.2) | 0.311 |
MH | 67(20.7) | 58(23.3) | 0.000 | 64.8(21.8) | 62.7(22.9) | 60.6(23.2) | 62.3(21.5) | 0.475 | 65.5(21.4) | 57.6(23.3) | 0.001 |
PCS | 61(24.1) | 46.3(25) | 0.000 | 61.5(24.7) | 54.1(25.1) | 48.1(26.6) | 47.1(24.4) | 0.058 | 59(24.8) | 45.7(25.2) | 0.000 |
MCS | 69.1(22) | 57(24.4) | 0.000 | 66.2(23.2) | 63.3(24.6) | 60.6(24.7) | 62.2(23) | 0.655 | 66.1(23) | 58.5(25) | 0.003 |
Scales | Living status | P value | Education | P-value | Economic Status | P-value | |||||
| Â | Alone mean (SD) | With others mean (SD) | Â | Illiterate mean (SD) | Middle literacy mean (SD) | University education mean(SD) | Â | Poor mean (SD) | Intermediate mean (SD) | Good mean (SD) | Â |
PF | 43.4(33) | 57(29.8) | 0.001 | 46.5(29.3) | 63.1(29.6) | 64.4(30.6) | 0.000 | 45.1(31.7) | 58(27.9) | 72(28.8) | 0.000 |
RP | 42(49.4) | 58.8(47.5) | 0.013 | 47.1(48.7) | 65.9(46) | 61.1(46.3) | 0.001 | 39(47.2) | 63.1(46.7) | 79.1(41) | 0.000 |
BP | 43.6(28.5) | 55.3(28.8) | 0.004 | 45.7(27.4) | 60.6(28.8) | 68.3(26.2) | 0.000 | 46.7(28.1) | 56.4(28.8) | 62(29.9) | 0.000 |
GH | 48.4(20.8) | 56.3(20.9) | 0.007 | 50.1(21.1) | 60.1(19.7) | 59.7(21.1) | 0.000 | 47.5(19.8) | 58.5(20.7) | 63.4(19.2) | 0.000 |
VT | 50.8(24.9) | 56.7(23.8) | 0.079 | 49.3(22.1) | 62(24.3) | 65.2(23.4) | 0.000 | 47.8(23) | 58.5(23.2) | 69.2(22.2) | 0.000 |
SF | 61.6(28.6) | 72.5(25.1) | 0.003 | 66.7(25.1) | 75(26.2) | 75.6(25.1) | 0.005 | 62.1(26.9) | 74.9(24) | 79.9(23.5) | 0.000 |
RE | 61.1(47.9) | 66.2(45.2) | 0.420 | 56.9(47.5) | 73.2(42.71) | 81.4(36.55) | 0.001 | 50.9(48.4) | 72.1(42.7) | 80.5(39.4) | 0.000 |
MH | 58.9(20.9) | 63.8(22.5) | 0.114 | 57.4(22) | 68.9(20.9) | 66.8(24) | 0.000 | 55.6(20.8) | 66(28.8) | 74(21.5) | 0.000 |
PCS | 44.4(26.9) | 56.8(25) | 0.000 | 47.3(24.9) | 62.4(24.5) | 63.4(19.6) | 0.000 | 44.6(25.5) | 59(23.6) | 69.2(23) | 0.000 |
MCS | 58.1(24.9) | 64.8(23.5) | 0.044 | 57.6(22.8) | 69.8(23.5) | 72.3(20) | 0.000 | 54.1(23.5) | 67.9(22.2) | 75.9(21.4) | 0.000 |