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Table 1 Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) subscales at baseline: mean scores and range

From: A prospective study of the impact of musculoskeletal pain and radiographic osteoarthritis on health related quality of life in community dwelling older people

 

Mean (sd) n = 1098

Median

Range

Illness

3.2 (2.6)

3

0 – 9

Independent Living

0.3 (0.9)

0

0 – 7

Relationships

0.7 (1.0)

0

0 – 8

Physical senses

0.9 (1.0)

1

0 – 5

Psychological wellbeing

2.3 (1.6)

2

0 – 9

Total AQoL score

7.4 (4.9)

7

0 – 29

  1. Higher scores indicate poorer QoL.
  2. Distribution was skewed and kurtotic, hence analyses are transformed using a square root transformation, with back transformed results presented.