| Mean (SD) | Statistics |  |  | |||
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QOL domains | Patient's rating QOL | Carer rating pt's QOL | Paired T | DF | P | Kendall's tau | P |
Physical health | 13.4 (1.7) | 12.9 (1.7) | 3.9 | 178 | 0.001 | 0.56 | 0.001 |
Psychological health | 20.9 (2.9) | 19.2 (1.6) | 10.1 | 177 | 0.001 | 0.45 | 0.001 |
Independence | 17.2 (2.5) | 14.8 (1.5) | 14.1 | 179 | 0.001 | 0.35 | 0.001 |
Social relations | 12.1 (3.0) | 12.2 (2.6) | 0.5 | Â | ns | 0.64 | 0.001 |
Environment | 30.4 (5.4) | 34.6 (5.6) | 15.4 | 176 | 0.001 | 0.60 | 0.001 |
Spiritual | 4.7 (0.5) | 4.7 (0.5) | 0.4 | Â | ns | 0.12 | ns |
General facet on health & QOL | 8.3 (1.9) | 8.5 (1.4) | 2.3 | 178 | 0.02 | 0.57 | 0.001 |