Table 2 Score of overall satisfaction with QoL (mean ± SD) at age 68–72 years and 73–77 years, in whole sample and per subgroups, by period of assessment (cohort)*
From: Quality of life profile in three cohorts of community-dwelling Swiss older people
Age group 68–72 years | Age group 73–77 years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 (war) | 2016 (baby-boom) | P-value | 2011 (pre-war) | 2016 (war) | P-value | |
N = 1264 | N = 1381 | N = 1078 | N = 1041 | |||
Whole sample | 88.1 ± 15.4 | 88.1 ± 16.4 | 0.926 | 86.1 ± 16.9 | 87.1 ± 16.3 | 0.174 |
Gender | ||||||
Men | 88.0 ± 16.8 | 88.4 ± 15.7 | 0.645 | 87.2 ± 16.0 | 87.8 ± 17.1 | 0.634 |
Women | 88.2 ± 14.3 | 87.9 ± 16.8 | 0.767 | 85.4 ± 17.5 | 86.7 ± 15.8 | 0.165 |
Education | ||||||
High | 90.3 ± 12.2 | 90.6 ± 12.2 | 0.672 | 89.3 ± 12.8 | 89.4 ± 13.8 | 0.961 |
Medium | 87.9 ± 15.5 | 87.6 ± 17.7 | 0.785 | 85.6 ± 17.7 | 86.4 ± 17.0 | 0.470 |
Low | 83.0 ± 20.2 | 80.8 ± 22.2 | 0.316 | 82.5 ± 19.8 | 83.0 ± 19.2 | 0.794 |
Living arrangement | ||||||
Not alone | 89.4 ± 14.8 | 89.9 ± 15.0 | 0.463 | 86.6 ± 17.0 | 89.4 ± 14.5 | 0.002 |
Alone | 86.2 ± 16.0 | 85.4 ± 17.9 | 0.449 | 85.5 ± 16.7 | 84.4 ± 17.8 | 0.353 |
Medical diagnoses | ||||||
0 | 89.5 ± 15.0 | 90.7 ± 14.7 | 0.185 | 88.7 ± 16.2 | 90.0 ± 14.1 | 0.310 |
1 | 88.4 ± 15.1 | 88.1 ± 17.1 | 0.815 | 86.2 ± 17.7 | 87.6 ± 16.4 | 0.249 |
v2 or more | 85.6 ± 16.2 | 84.1 ± 17.2 | 0.249 | 84.4 ± 16.5 | 84.0 ± 17.4 | 0.746 |
Depressive symptoms | ||||||
No | 90.7 ± 13.2 | 90.9 ± 14.3 | 0.788 | 88.8 ± 16.1 | 90.2 ± 13.8 | 0.070 |
vYes | 79.4 ± 18.6 | 78.3 ± 19.5 | 0.466 | 78.6 ± 16.9 | 78.2 ± 19.3 | 0.805 |