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BACKGROUND:Multiple chronic conditions affect people's health-related quality of life (QoL) and the distributions of the conditions may differ between genders. Our goal was to examine gender differences in chronic conditions and QoL among community-living elderly in Taiwan and to examine whether differences in QoL between genders, if present, were attributable to the distribution of chronic conditions. METHODS:We used data from the Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (NAHSIT, 2005-2008), which interviewed a representative sample of the Taiwanese population. The survey questions included the SF-36 questionnaire to assess participants' QoL and items for participants' medical history. We used multiple linear regressions to examine the difference in QoL between genders. RESULTS:We included 1179 elders for our analysis; men accounted for 52% (612/1179). The mean age was 73; women were slightly younger. The mean (standard deviation) of SF-36 physical and mental health component score (PCS and MCS) was 44.5 (11.1) and 55.6 (9.0), respectively, and women reported a significantly lower PCS than men (difference - 4.85, p < 0.001). Urinary incontinence, arthritis, stroke, and kidney disease were associated with a clinically meaningful decrease in PCS (≤ - 6.5 points). The difference in PCS between genders was not attenuated after we accounted for chronic conditions in regression analysis. CONCLUSIONS:Our findings suggest that women tend to report that their physical health-related QoL is poorer than that of men, and such a difference does not seem to be attributable to the distribution of chronic conditions. Elderly men and women may perceive health-related QoL differently.
journal_name
Aging Clin Exp Resjournal_title
Aging clinical and experimental researchauthors
Yu T,Enkh-Amgalan N,Zorigt G,Hsu YJ,Chen HJ,Yang HYdoi
10.1007/s40520-018-1099-2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-11-01 00:00:00pages
1625-1633issue
11eissn
1594-0667issn
1720-8319pii
10.1007/s40520-018-1099-2journal_volume
31pub_type
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