Quality of life profiles and its association with predictors amongst Chinese older adults in nursing homes: a latent profile analysis

Table 2 Differences of QoL subscales scores among three different latent classes

Variables	Class1 n (%) 64 (18.1)	Class2 n (%) 163(46.0)	Class3 n (%) 127 (35.9)	P	η2	Bonferroni post-hoc test
QoL subscales scores: M(SD)
Physical health	39.2(9.8) ^a	57.5(8.7) ^b	75.1(8.0) ^c	< 0.001	0.685	a < b, c; b < c
Psychological health	37.2(8.3) ^a	57.2(7.0) ^b	72.2(6.8) ^c	< 0.001	0.749	a < b, c; b < c
Social relationships	44.9(9.8) ^a	56.5(8.3) ^b	66.9(9.6) ^c	< 0.001	0.424	a < b, c; b < c
Environmental health	45.7(7.5) ^a	59.2(6.9) ^b	73.4(7.6) ^c	< 0.001	0.652	a < b, c; b < c

Note: Class1 = Low QoL with poor psychological health, Class2 = Moderate QoL, Class3 = High QoL.
a, b, c showed the results of the Bonferroni post-hoc tests and there is a statistically significant between two. e.g. for physical ‘a < b, c’ means that class 1 has a mean score that is lower than class 2 and 3.

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