Variable | Males | Females | In total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | N | % | ||
Sex | 103 | 100.0 | 363 | 100.0 | 466 | 100.0 | |
Age | 65–69 | 41 | 40.2 | 50 | 14.0 | 91 | 19.8 |
70–74 | 15 | 14.7 | 46 | 12.9 | 61 | 13.3 | |
75–79 | 22 | 21.6 | 74 | 20.7 | 96 | 20.9 | |
80–84 | 15 | 14.7 | 96 | 26.9 | 111 | 24.2 | |
85 and older | 9 | 8.8 | 91 | 25.5 | 100 | 21.8 | |
Marital status | Single Male/single female | 15 | 14.6 | 43 | 11.8 | 58 | 12.4 |
Married | 10 | 9.7 | 9 | 2.5 | 19 | 4.1 | |
Widower/widow | 45 | 43.7 | 268 | 73.9 | 313 | 67.2 | |
Divorced | 33 | 32.0 | 43 | 11.8 | 76 | 16.3 | |
Education | Elementary | 42 | 40.8 | 200 | 55.1 | 242 | 51.9 |
Vocational | 18 | 17.5 | 19 | 5.2 | 37 | 7.9 | |
Secondary | 34 | 33.0 | 119 | 32.8 | 153 | 32.9 | |
University | 9 | 8.7 | 25 | 6.9 | 34 | 7.3 | |
Work done in the past | Manual worker | 84 | 81.6 | 239 | 65.8 | 323 | 69.3 |
Desk-bound worker | 19 | 18.4 | 124 | 34.2 | 143 | 30.7 | |
Number of people in the household | One | 91 | 88.4 | 334 | 92.0 | 425 | 91.2 |
More than one | 12 | 11.6 | 29 | 8.0 | 41 | 8.8 | |
Sufficient income | Yes | 7 | 6.8 | 25 | 6.9 | 32 | 6.9 |
No | 96 | 93.2 | 338 | 93.1 | 434 | 93.1 | |
Health disorders | Headaches | 71 | 68.9 | 312 | 85.9 | 383 | 82.2 |
Pain in the spine and joints | 34 | 33.0 | 252 | 69.4 | 286 | 61.4 | |
Pain in the chest | 49 | 47.6 | 199 | 54.8 | 248 | 53.2 | |
Shortness of breath | 63 | 61.2 | 215 | 59.2 | 278 | 59.7 | |
Heart palpitations | 29 | 28.2 | 156 | 42.9 | 185 | 39.7 | |
Unstable blood pressure | 51 | 49.5 | 189 | 52.1 | 240 | 51.5 | |
Tiredness | 69 | 66.9 | 275 | 75.8 | 344 | 73.8 | |
Participation in family gatherings | Every week | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.4 |
Every month | 2 | 1.9 | 9 | 2.5 | 11 | 2.4 | |
A few times a year | 29 | 28.2 | 191 | 52.5 | 220 | 47.2 | |
Once a year | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.4 | |
Never | 71 | 68.9 | 160 | 44.1 | 231 | 49.6 | |
Self-rated quality of life | Good and very good | 16 | 15.5 | 64 | 17.6 | 80 | 17.2 |
Neither good nor bad | 61 | 59.2 | 200 | 55.1 | 261 | 56.0 | |
Bad and very bad | 26 | 25.3 | 99 | 27.3 | 125 | 26.8 | |
Activity of daily living (ADL) | Fitness | 70 | 67.9 | 229 | 63.2 | 299 | 64.2 |
Moderate disability | 27 | 26.2 | 98 | 26.9 | 125 | 26.8 | |
Disability | 6 | 5.9 | 36 | 9.9 | 42 | 18.6 | |
Geriatric scale of Depression (GSOD) | No depression | 8 | 7.8 | 70 | 19.3 | 78 | 16.7 |
Diagnosed/not diagnosed depression | 31 | 30.1 | 88 | 24.2 | 119 | 25.5 | |
Possible depression | 64 | 62.1 | 205 | 56.5 | 269 | 57.7 |