Table 4

Predictors of change in health-related quality of life (delta MHAQ, delta PCS, and delta MCS) and global quality of life (delta QOLS) in both patients with low-energy distal radius fracture (n = 160) and controls (n = 169).

MHAQ Adj B (95% CI)

p

PCS Adj B (95% CI)

p

MCS Adj B (95% CI)

p

QOLS Adj B (95% CI)

P

Demographic

Age*

-0.06

0.878

-0.90

0.101

-0.09

0.885

-0.48

0.520

(-0.90, 0.77)

(-1.97, 0.18)

(-0.14, 0.12)

(-1.74, 0.88)

Male

-0.24

0.840

0.03

0.984

-0.77

0.662

-2.16

0.222

(-2.56, 2.08)

(-2.87, 2.93)

(-4.24, 2.70)

(-5.62, 1.32)

Female

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Education

0.83

0.060

1.37

0.017

-0.27

0.690

0.57

0.390

(-0.04, 1.69)

(0.25, 2.48)

(-1.60, 1.06)

(-0.74, 1.88)

Living alone

-0.11

0.877

-0.59

0.517

2.85

0.009

0.22

0.837

(-1.51, 1.29)

(-2.37, 1.20)

(0.71, 4.99)

(-1. 92, 2.37)

Living together

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Clinical

Radius patients

-0.23

0.744

-0.51

0.574

-1.24

0.258

0.53

0.619

(-1.62, 1.16)

(-0.56, 0.57)

(-3.39, 0.91)

(-1.58, 2.65)

Controls

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Osteopenia**

-1.22

0.143

-1.08

0.301

-0.76

0.547

-2.41

0.051

(-2.85, 0.41)

(-3.14, 0.97)

(-3.21, 1.71)

(-4.82, 0.01)

Osteoporosis**

-1.59

0.118

-0.69

0.597

0.98

0.531

-2.35

0.131

(-3.58, 0.41)

(-3.26, 1.88)

(-2.1 0, 4.05)

(-5.39, 0.70)

Normal BMD

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

BMI

-0.20

0.019

-0.15

0.178

-0.06

0.630

-0.25

0.054

(-0.37, -0.03)

(-0.36, 0.07)

(-0.19, 0.32)

(-0.51, -0.01)

Co-morbidity

-0.01

0.965

-0.77

0.112

-0.92

0.075

-0.92

0.077

(-0.67, 0.64)

(-1.71, 0.18)

(-1.24, 1.97)

(-1.94, 0.10)

≥ 1 fall in the last year

-1.04 (-2.39, 0.32)

0.132

-1.13 (-2.86, 0.60)

0.201

0.67 (-1.42, 2.76)

0.527

-0.06 (-2.10, 1.98)

0.953

No fall

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

HRQOL/GQOL

MHAQ incl

-0.31

<0.001

(-0.41, 0.14)

PCS incl

-0.39 (-0.50, -0.28)

<0.001

MCS incl

-0.36 (-0.47, -0.25)

<0.001

QOLS incl

-0.25 (-0.36, -0.13)

<0.001

R₂ adj

15.5%

17.7%

16.9%

11.0%

Regression analyses of demographics, clinical characteristics, and rescaled MHAQ at inclusion of changes in MHAQ/SF-36 at inclusion on change in SF-36/QOLS at inclusion of changes in QOLS. Adjusted unstandardized regression coefficients, 95% CI, p values.

P-values marked with bold indicate statistically significance.

* Age in decades.

** Osteopenia/osteoporosis at total hip and/or spine L2-L4.

BMD = bone mineral density, BMI = body mass index, MHAQ = Mean total MHAQ (rescaled MHAQ, range 0–100, where 100 means favourable perception of ability to perform activities of daily living), PCS = physical component summary, MCS = mental component summary (range 0 – 100, where 100 means perfect health), QOLS = quality of life scale (range 16 – 112), where 112 means high GQOL

Rohde et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2009 10:106   doi:10.1186/1471-2474-10-106