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Table 3 Scores of satisfaction with QoL domains at age 68–72 years and 73–77 years, by period of assessment (cohort)*

From: Quality of life profile in three cohorts of community-dwelling Swiss older people

Domains

Age group 68–72 years

Age group 73–77 years

2011 (war)

2016 (baby-boom)

P-value**

2011 (pre-war)

2016 (war)

P-value**

N = 1264

N = 1381

 

N = 1078

N = 1041

 

Material resources

87.7 ± 18.7

87.7 ± 18.4

0.996

87.2 ± 19.4

87.7 ± 19.3

0.555

Close entourage

86.8 ± 19.8

86.9 ± 20.2

0.972

86.3 ± 20.7

86.4 ± 19.8

0.913

Social & cultural life

86.7 ± 18.4

86.7 ± 19.7

0.960

84.3 ± 20.2

85.2 ± 19.7

0.350

Esteem & recognition

84.9 ± 23.8

84.4 ± 25.1

0.570

82.8 ± 25.9

84.0 ± 24.6

0.313

Health & mobility

89.8 ± 19.5

89.3 ± 20.7

0.501

86.5 ± 21.8

87.1 ± 22.0

0.560

Feeling of safety

86.5 ± 20.5

88.2 ± 20.6

0.035

84.6 ± 21.5

86.6 ± 20.8

0.038

Autonomy

91.5 ± 18.4

91.5 ± 19.5

0.945

89.8 ± 20.3

91.5 ± 18.2

0.050

  1. * Pre-war cohort: born in 1934 to 1938. War cohort: born in 1939 to 1943. Baby-boom cohort: born in 1944 to 1948
  2. ** Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation and between surveys comparisons using t-test