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Table 1 Characteristics of study population

From: Dizziness and health-related quality of life among older adults in an urban population: a cross-sectional study

 

Women (n = 395)

Men (n = 252)

Women and men (n = 647)

No dizziness

n = 173

Dizziness

n = 222

No dizziness

n = 127

Dizziness

n = 125

No dizziness

n = 300

Dizziness

n = 347

Marital status, n (%)

Single

18 (11)

12 (6)

14 (11)

13 (10)

32 (11)

25 (7)

Married

57 (33)

74 (34)

89 (70)

82 (65)

146 (49)

156 (46)

Divorced

23 (13)

35 (16)

7 (6)

10 (8)

30 (10)

45 (13)

Widow

73 (43)

95 (44)

17 (13)

20 (16)

90 (30)

115 (34)

Type of housing, n (%)

Apartment

115 (67)

145 (56)

70 (56)

74 (60)

185 (63)

219 (65)

Private house

51 (30)

60 (28)

53 (42)

47 (38)

104 (35)

107 (32)

Sheltered living

5 (3)

9 (4)

2 (2)

3 (2)

7 (2)

12 (4)

Dependent in help with, n (%)

Cleaning the house

28 (16)

61 (29)**

22 (17)

29 (23)**

50 (17)

90 (26)**

Shopping

24 (14)

37 (17)

8 (6)

22 (18)**

32 (11)

59 (17) *

Transport

23 (13)

40 (18)

6 (5)

17 (14)*

29 (10)

57 (17)*

Cooking

12 (7)

16 (7)

7 (6)

18 (15)*

19 (6)

34 (10)

Bathing

12 (7)

18 (8)

3 (2)

12 (10)*

15 (5)

30 (9)

Dressing

11 (6)

6 (3)

2 (2)

5 (4)

13 (4)

11 (3)

Toileting

6 (3)

3 (1)

2 (2)

3 (2)

8 (3)

6 (2)

Transferring

4 (2)

4 (2)

2 (2)

1 (1)

6 (2)

5 (1)

Continence

7 (4)

8 (4)

3 (2)

3 (2)

10 (3)

11 (3)

Eating

2 (1)

2 (1)

1 (1)

0

3 (1)

2 (1)

Number of ADLa dependency

0

141 (82)

151 (69)

104 (83)

92 (74)

245 (82)

243 (71)

1

10 (6)

34 (16)

13 (10)

7 (35)

23 (8)

41 (12)

2–3

9 (5)

20 (9)

6 (5)

16 (73)

15 (5)

36 (10)

4–8

12 (7)

14 (6)

3 (2)

9 (75)

15 (5)

23 (7)

  

ns

 

p < 0.05

 

p < 0.01

  1. aADL activities of daily living. p values based on and Fisher’s exact test (dependence of help for ADL and instrumental ADL), Chi square test (marital status, type of housing) and Mantel–Haenszel chi square test (number of ADL dependencies), comparing dizzy and non-dizzy individuals, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001