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Table 1 Demographics of the respondents (number of people by sex, age, and level of care required)

From: Measuring the quality of life of long-term care service users in Japan: a cross-sectional questionnaire study

    

EQ-5D

WHO-5

 

N

%

Mean (± SD)

P value1

Mean (± SD)

P value1

SEX

Male

923

32.6%

0.58 (± 0.26)

 

13.8 (± 5.92)

 

Female

1907

67.4%

0.60 (± 0.24)

0.06

14.9 (± 5.70)

 < 0.001

Age of users with specified diseases

 < 65

126

4.5%

0.50 (± 0.26)

 

13.5 (± 6.35)

 

65–74

404

14.3%

0.60 (± 0.24)

 

14.3 (± 5.77)

 

75–84

1077

38.1%

0.60 (± 0.24)

 

14.5 (± 5.84)

 

 > 84

1223

42.2%

0.59 (± 0.24)

 < 0.001

14.7 (± 5.71)

0.134

Level of care required2

SL1

189

6.7%

0.70 (± 0.20)

 

16.1 (± 6.04)

 

SL2

273

9.6%

0.62 (± 0.20)

 

14.9 (± 5.73)

 

CL1

703

24.8%

0.67 (± 0.21)

 

15.2 (± 5.74)

 

CL2

632

22.3%

0.60 (± 0.23)

 

14.2 (± 5.64)

 

CL3

475

16.8%

0.57 (± 0.23)

 

14.5 (± 5.94)

 

CL4

362

12.8%

0.46 (± 0.24)

 

13.7 (± 5.48)

 

CL5

196

6.9%

0.37 (± 0.24)

 < 0.001

12.9 (± 5.97)

 < 0.001

Support for user responses by family and staff

User only

1008

35.6%

0.63 (± 0.24)

 

15.3 (± 6.06)

 

With family

331

11.7%

0.50 (± 0.23)

 

13.5 (± 5.73)

 

With staff

1491

52.8%

0.58 (± 0.23)

 < 0.001

14.3 (± 5.55)

 < 0.001

  1. 1 One-way ANOVA
  2. 2 SL Support-required level, CL Care need level