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Table 4 Scores of the importance of QoL domains at age 68–72 years and 73–77 years, by period of assessment (cohort)*

From: Quality of life profile in three cohorts of community-dwelling Swiss older people

Domains

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

 

Material resources

68.9 ± 15.4

69.4 ± 14.9

0.392

69.1 ± 15.3

69.9 ± 16.1

0.201

Close entourage

72.1 ± 19.1

72.4 ± 18.2

0.678

72.4 ± 18.8

71.9 ± 18.7

0.569

Social & cultural life

57.6 ± 20.3

58.4 ± 19.7

0.282

57.2 ± 21.3

58.2 ± 20.3

0.266

Esteem & recognition

70.0 ± 19.6

71.1 ± 18.8

0.134

69.0 ± 19.3

69.9 ± 20.0

0.319

Health & mobility

85.2 ± 17.0

84.9 ± 16.4

0.655

82.1 ± 18.1

83.7 ± 17.5

0.034

Feeling of safety

80.4 ± 17.6

79.1 ± 17.5

0.065

80.2 ± 17.8

80.9 ± 17.6

0.312

Autonomy

80.4 ± 15.9

80.2 ± 14.7

0.834

78.8 ± 16.2

79.7 ± 16.5

0.238

  1. * Pre-war cohort: born in 1934 to 1938. War cohort: born in 1939 to 1943. Baby-boom cohort: born in 1944 to 1948
  2. **Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation and between surveys comparisons using t-test