The AMEL study, a cross sectional population-based survey on aging and malnutrition in 1200 elderly Lebanese living in rural settings: protocol and sample characteristics

Table 3 Functional ability, psycho-cognitive status and social network of the study sample, distributed by gender

Variable	N¹/%	Total (N = 1200)	Males (N = 591)	Females (N = 609)	p
ADL	N	1199	591	608
Independent	%	76.0	79.5	72.5	0.015
Dependent 1 ADL	%	12.6	10.3	14.8
Dependent for > = 2 ADL	%	11.4	10.2	12.7
Continence	N	1199	591	608
Continent	%	89.0	90.2	88.0	0.45
Partially incontinent	%	8.3	7.3	9.2
Totally incontinent	%	2.7	2.5	2.8
IADL ²	N	797	396	401
Independent	%	30.9	47.7	14.2	< 0.001
Dependent for 1 IADL	%	23.7	21.8	25.7
Dependent for 2 IADL	%	15.8	11.9	19.7
Dependent for 3 IADL	%	17.9	9.3	26.4
Dependent for 4 IADL	%	11.7	9.3	14.0
Balance and falls	N	1197	590	607
One leg balance	%	49.1	61.1	37.3	< 0.001
Fall during last year	%	21.9	15.9	27.7	< 0.001
5 item GDS score ³	N	1188	587	601
≥ 2	%	40.8	31.9	49.6	< 0.001
WHO-5-A score ⁴	N	1191	589	602
< 13	%	53.4	38.0	55.0	< 0.001
MMS 1 ⁵ quartiles	N	607	379	228
< 24	%	23.2	16.1	35.1	< 0.001
24 - 26	%	22.6	17.9	30.3
27 - 28	%	16.8	19.3	12.7
> = 29	%	37.4	46.7	21.9
MMS 2 ⁶ quartiles	N	516	182	334
< 14	%	22.9	21.4	23.7	< 0.001
14 – 19	%	23.3	13.8	28.4
20 – 23	%	22.7	17.0	25.7
> = 24	%	31.1	47.8	22.2
LUBBEN score ⁷	N	1188	586	602
< 12	%	47.3	44.9	49.7	0.098
WILSON score ⁸
Mean		1.5 (1,7)	1.3 (1.6)	1.7 (1.8)	< 0.001
Categories	N	1183	584	599
0-1	%	61,5	67.0	56.1	< 0.001
2-3	%	20,0	18.3	21.7
4-5	%	18.5	14.7	22.2

¹Number of respondents to this question; ²IADL = Instrumental activities of daily living: missing values due to participants without telephone or with no drug intake; ³GDS score > =2: depression; ⁴WHO-5A- score <13: depressive disorders; ⁵MMS 1: original version; ⁶MMS 2 = adapted for illiteracy; ⁷Lubbenscore < 12: risk for social isolation; ⁸Wilson score: higher score = emotional loneliness.

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