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Table 3 Health status, by level of dependency

From: The epidemiology of dependency among urban-dwelling older people in the Dominican Republic; a cross-sectional survey

 

Needs much care

Needs some care

Does not need care

Whole sample

Statistical tests for trend

(all 1 df)

p-value

Health Conditions

      

Dementia

82 (57.3%)

23 (24.5%)

137 (7.7%)

242 (12.1%)

χ2 = 316.3

<0.001

Three or more limiting physical impairments

72 (50.3%)

37 (39.4%)

355 (20.1%)

464 (23.1%)

χ2 = 81.9

<0.001

Stroke

42 (29.4%)

14 (14.9%)

119 (6.7%)

175 (8.7%)

χ2 = 88.4

<0.001

ICD 10 depressive episode

49 (34.3%)

15 (16.0%)

214 (12.1%)

278 (13.9%)

χ2 = 51.4

<0.001

Comorbidity

      

None of the above

15 (10.5%)

27 (28.7%)

1175 (66.4%)

1217 (60.6%)

χ2 = 312.3

<0.001

1 only of the above

48 (33.6%)

49 (52.1%)

400 (22.6%)

497 (24.8%)

  

2 of the above

50 (35.0%)

14 (14.9%)

160 (9.1%)

293 (14.6%)

  

3 or more of the above

30 (21.0%)

4 (4.3%)

33 (1.9%)

67 (3.3%)

  

Disability

      

WHODAS II disability scale score (mean/SD)

58.2 (22.0)

33.0 (18.4)

12.3 (15.4)

16.5 (20.3)

F = 1168 Eta sq = 0.37

<0.001

Subjective health

      

Bad or very bad

42 (29.4%)

12 (12.8%)

132 (7.5%)

186 (9.2%)

χ2 = 93.4

<0.001