Table 4 Comparison of life quality according to age (older or younger than 70) by SF-36 Health Survey
<70 year | ≥70 year | Significance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 18) | (n = 32) | |||||
SF-36 scales | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | z | P |
Physical component | ||||||
Physical functioning (PF) | 80.56 | 23.00 | 82.05 | 27.15 | −0.397 | 0.691 |
Role-physical (RP) | 83.33 | 38.35 | 68.18 | 47.67 | −1.087 | 0.277 |
Bodily pain (BP) | 89.11 | 18.90 | 82.82 | 22.57 | −1.131 | 0.258 |
General health (GH) | 81.06 | 16.20 | 82.36 | 17.81 | −0.425 | 0.671 |
Mental component | ||||||
Vitality (VT) | 76.11 | 23.86 | 81.82 | 20.96 | −0.951 | 0.342 |
Social functioning (SF) | 75.69 | 30.76 | 76.70 | 28.16 | −0.144 | 0.885 |
Role-emotional (RE) | 66.66 | 43.65 | 61.11 | 47.49 | −0.398 | 0.691 |
Mental health (MH) | 77.78 | 16.07 | 78.36 | 15.35 | −0.151 | 0.880 |