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Table 2 Distribution of Means and standard deviations of Attitude to Ageing Questionnaire Domains scores by location

From: Attitude towards ageing and perceived health status of community-dwelling older persons in a low resource setting: a rural-urban comparison

Attitude to Ageing Domains

Location

Mean (± SD)

p-value

Psychosocial loss

 

Rural

25.0 (± 5.3)

 
 

Urban

25.3 (± 5.7)

 
 

Total

25.2 (± 5.5)

0.30

Physical Change

 

Rural

26.9 (± 5.0)

 
 

Urban

27.5 (± 5.1)

 
 

Total

27.2 (± 5.1)

0.03*

Psychological Growth

 

Rural

32.4 (± 3.5)

 
 

Urban

32.5 (± 3.3)

 
 

Total

32.5 (± 3.4)

0.60

  1. *significant at p < 0.05