Women (n = 395) | Men (n = 252) | Women and men (n = 647) | ||||
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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 |