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Table 2 Descriptive and inferential statistics for QOL-ACC utility scores, for the full sample and by cognition subgroup

From: Examining interrater agreement between self-report and proxy-report responses for the quality of life-aged care consumers (QOL-ACC) instrument

 

Full sample

(n = 63)

No impairment

(n = 22)

Mild-to-moderate impairment

(n = 41)

Comparisons across cognition subgroups

Self-report

    

 mean (SD)

0.768 (0.23)

0.786 (0.24)

0.759 (0.23)

Z=-0.49, p = 0.62

 median

0.823

0.846

0.822

 

 25th & 75th perc.

0.63, 0.93

0.78, 0.93

0.62, 0.94

 

Proxy-proxy

    

 mean (SD)

0.666 (0.25)

0.715 (0.26)

0.640 (0.25)

Z=-1.39, p = 0.16

 median

0.738

0.761

0.714

 

 25th & 75th perc.

0.50, 0.86

0.54, 0.93

0.47, 0.80

 

Proxy-person

    

 mean (SD)

0.642 (0.27)

0.679 (0.26)

0.623 (0.28)

Z=-0.82, p = 0.41

 median

0.747

0.786

0.691

 

 25th & 75th perc.

0.47, 0.84

0.44, 0.88

0.54, 0.80

 

Comparisons across raters

Q(2) = 141.79; p < 0.01

Q(2) = 49.95; p < 0.01

Q(2) = 90.73; p < 0.01

 
  1. p, p value; perc., percentiles; Q(2), Friedman statistic; SD, standard deviation; Z, Z score for Mann-Whitney U test