Depressive state (GDS ≥ 6) | Non-depressive state (GDS < 6) | ||||||||
Mean ± SD | n | Mean ± SD | n | p value | |||||
Aging awareness at present | “I feel satisfied with my life now that I have lived for a long time”† | 3.3 | ±1.3 | 178 | 4.3 | ±1.1 | 270 | <0.001 | |
Aging awareness in the past | Positively | “I thought that aging would not be bad when I was young”† | 3.8 | ±1.3 | 180 | 4.2 | ±1.2 | 271 | <0.001 |
Negatively | “I had a poor image of aging when I was young”† | 3.6 | ±1.4 | 180 | 3.0 | ±1.3 | 271 | <0.001 | |
Health-related QOL | SF-8‡ | Physical function | 36.9 | ±10.8 | 181 | 42.0 | ±10.1 | 273 | <0.001 |
Role physical | 38.9 | ±9.9 | 179 | 43.8 | ±9.5 | 274 | <0.001 |