Coping Style and Quality of Life in Elderly Patients with Vision Disturbances

Table 2

Quality of life in three groups: comparison.

Group/scale	Group 1 ()		Group 2 ()		Group 3 ()		Significance of differences
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	(3,234)	<
QOL-TOT.	82,21	8,54	86,74	7,91	81,51	7,73	8,98^ab	0,001
SATISF.	21,18	3,51	22,71	2,85	21,87	3,52	4,10^a	0,05
COMPET.	13,61	3,85	13,77	4,70	12,51	2,86	2,49	—
INDEPEN.	26,38	2,41	27,43	2,00	25,99	2,93	6,57^ab	0,01
INTEGR.	21,49	3,25	22,83	2,94	21,10	2,96	6,32^ab	0,01
HRQOL	8,65	2,05	8,93	2,50	8,67	2,26	0,34	—

^aSignificant difference between groups 1 and 2, < 0,05.
^bSignificant difference between groups 2 and 3, < 0,05.