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Table 1 Distributiona of Demographic, Social, Health and Clinical Characteristics of Older Home Care Clients assessed during 2002-2004

From: Sex differences in the relative contribution of social and clinical factors to the Health Utilities Index Mark 2 measure of health-related quality of life in older home care clients

 

Total

(n = 514)

Female Clients

(n = 372)

Male Clients

(n = 142)

p valueb

Age mean (SD)

80.5 (8.4)

81.4 (7.9)

78.0 (9.3)

0.0002

    < 75

137 (26.7)

85 (22.9)

52 (36.6)

0.0018

    75-84

222 (43.2)

162 (43.6)

60 (42.3)

 

    85+

155 (30.2)

125 (33.6)

30 (21.1)

 

Marital Status

   

< 0.0001

    Married

158 (30.7)

70 (18.8)

88 (62.0)

 

    Widowed

279 (54.3)

244 (65.6)

35 (24.7)

 

    Other

77 (15.0)

58 (15.6)

19 (13.4)

 

Caregiver Stress

   

0.0890

    no indicators

423 (83.3)

312 (85.0)

111 (78.7)

 

    1+ indicator(s)

85 (16.7)

55 (15.0)

30 (21.3)

 

Reports Feels Lonely

   

0.0197

    no

390 (77.1)

270 (74.2)

120 (84.5)

 

    yes

116 (22.9)

94 (25.8)

22 (15.5)

 

Self-Rated Health

   

0.0118

    good/excellent

349 (69.0)

240 (65.8)

109 (77.3)

 

    poor

157 (31.0)

125 (34.3)

32 (22.7)

 

Arthritis

   

< 0.0001

    no

226 (44.0)

143 (38.4)

83 (58.5)

 

    yes

288 (56.0)

229 (61.6)

59 (41.6)

 

Congestive Heart Failure

   

0.1984

    no

386 (75.1)

285 (76.6)

101 (71.1)

 

    yes

128 (24.9)

87 (23.4)

41 (28.9)

 

Peripheral Vascular Disease

   

0.1185

    no

440 (85.6)

324 (87.1)

116 (81.7)

 

    yes

74 (14.4)

48 (12.9)

26 (18.3)

 

Hypertension

   

0.1639

    no

228 (44.4)

158 (42.5)

70 (49.3)

 

    yes

286 (55.6)

214 (57.5)

72 (50.7)

 

Emphysema/COPD

   

0.2158

    no

399 (77.6)

294 (79.0)

105 (73.9)

 

    yes

115 (22.4)

78 (21.0)

37 (26.1)

 

Osteoporosis

   

< 0.0001

    no

364 (70.8)

240 (64.5)

124 (87.3)

 

    yes

150 (29.2)

132 (35.5)

18 (12.7)

 

Psychiatric Diagnosis

   

0.9416

    no

368 (71.6)

266 (71.5)

102 (71.8)

 

    yes

146 (28.4)

106 (28.5)

40 (28.2)

 

No. of Chronic Conditions

   

0.9036

    0-2

127 (24.7)

90 (24.2)

37 (26.1)

 

    3-5

249 (48.4)

181 (48.7)

68 (47.9)

 

    6+

138 (26.9)

101 (27.2)

37 (26.1)

 

Bladder Incontinence

   

< 0.0001

    no

305 (61.0)

201 (55.7)

104 (74.8)

 

    yes

195 (39.0)

160 (44.3)

35 (25.2)

 

Pressure Ulcer

   

0.0177

    no

454 (88.3)

328 (88.2)

126 (88.7)

 

    yes (any stage 1-4)

20 (3.9)

10 (2.7)

10 (7.0)

 

    missing value

40 (7.8)

34 (9.1)

6 (4.2)

 

Urinary Tract Infection

   

0.7902

    no

496 (96.5)

358 (96.2)

138 (97.2)

 

    yes

18 (3.5)

14 (3.8)

4 (2.8)

 
  1. a Frequency (%) unless otherwise indicated; btest for sex difference.