| |
Number (proportion) of respondents reporting anyproblem
|
|---|
| |
Mobility
|
Self-care
|
Usual activity
|
Pain/discomfort
|
Anxiety/depression
|
|---|
|
Reference group (n = 428)
|
83(20.0%)
|
10(2.4%)
|
120(29.0%)
|
248(60.2%)
|
149(35.8%)
|
|
Hypertension (n = 217)
|
49(25.5%)
|
7(3.6%)
|
48(25.4%)
|
134(70.2%)*
|
54(28.4%)
|
|
RR (95% CI)
|
1.27(0.94–1.73)
|
1.51(0.58–3.90)
|
0.88 (0.66–1.17)
|
1.17 (1.03–1.32)
|
0.79 (0.61–1.03)
|
|
Diabetes (n = 78)
|
24(34.8%)**
|
2(3.0%)
|
17(25.0%)
|
45(65.2%)
|
20(29.0%)
|
|
RR (95% CI)
|
1.74(1.19–2.53)
|
1.23(0.28–5.50)
|
0.86(0.56–1.34)
|
1.08(0.90–1.31)
|
0.81(0.55–1.20)
|
|
Asthma/COPD (n = 54)
|
18(36.0%)*
|
4(8.0%)
|
23(46.0%)*
|
39(78.0%)*
|
21(42.9%)
|
|
RR (95% CI)
|
1.80(1.18–2.72)
|
3.30(1.08–10.14)
|
1.59(1.13–2.22)
|
1.30 (1.10–1.53)
|
1.20(0.84–1.70)
|
|
Heart disease (n = 78)
|
21(31.3%)*
|
3(4.5%)
|
25(37.9%)
|
49(75.4%)*
|
20(29.9%)
|
|
RR (95% CI)
|
1.56(1.04–2.34)
|
1.85(0.52–6.55)
|
1.31(0.93–1.84)
|
1.25(1.07–1.47)
|
0.83(0.56–1.23)
|
|
OA knee (n = 17)
|
9(56.3%)**
|
1(6.3%)
|
6(37.5%)
|
16(94.1%)**
|
6(35.3%)
|
|
RR(95% CI)
|
2.81(1.75–4.50)
|
2.58(0.35–18.96)
|
1.29(0.68–2.48)
|
1.56(1.36–1.80)
|
0.98(0.51–1.90)
|
|
Other joint diseases (n = 30)
|
9(36.0%)
|
2(8.3%)
|
9(37.5%)
|
21(84.0%)*
|
9(36.0%)
|
|
RR (95% CI)
|
1.80(1.03–3.13)
|
3.44(0.80–14.84)
|
1.29(0.76–2.22)
|
1.40(1.16–1.68)
|
1.00(0.59–1.72)
|
|
Depression (n = 63)
|
17(30.4%)
|
1(1.8%)
|
26(47.3%)**
|
41(75.9%)*
|
45(83.3%)***
|
|
RR (95% CI)
|
1.51(0.97–2.35)
|
0.74(0.10–5.65)
|
1.63(1.19–2.24)
|
1.26(1.06–1.49)
|
2.33(1.95–2.77)
|
|
Cancer (n = 38)
|
11(31.4%)
|
0(0%)
|
19(54.3%)**
|
26(74.3%)
|
16(47.1%)
|
|
RR (95% CI)
|
1.57(0.93–2.65)
|
- (-)
|
1.87(1.33–2.63)
|
1.23(1.00–1.52)
|
1.31(0.90–1.92)
|
|
Back pain (n = 193)
|
50(28.4%)*
|
8(4.6%)
|
73(41.2%)**
|
146(83.4%)***
|
61(34.7%)
|
|
RR (95% CI)
|
1.42(1.05–1.92)
|
1.90(0.76–4.73)
|
1.42(1.13–1.79)
|
1.39(1.25–1.54)
|
0.97(0.76–1.23)
|
|
Polyarthritis (n = 13)
|
4(30.8%)
|
1(7.7%)
|
5(38.5%)
|
13(100%)**
|
7(53.8%)
|
|
RR (95% CI)
|
1.54(0.66–3.55)
|
3.18 (0.44–23.01)
|
1.33 (0.66–2.68)
|
1.66 (1.54–1.80)
|
1.50 (0.89–2.53)
|
|
Other mental illness (n = 29)
|
3(11.1%)
|
1(3.6%)
|
13(48.1%)*
|
20(71.4%)
|
17(63.0%)**
|
|
RR(95% CI)
|
0.55(0.19–1.64)
|
1.48(0.20–11.12)
|
1.66(1.09–2.53)
|
1.19(0.93–1.52)
|
1.76(1.28–2.41)
|
|
Migraine (n = 25)
|
7(29.2%)
|
0(0%)
|
5(20.8%)
|
20(83.3%)*
|
6(25.0%)
|
|
RR (95% CI)
|
1.46(0.76–2.79)
|
-(-)
|
0.72(0.32–1.59)
|
1.38(1.14–1.68)
|
0.70(0.34–1.41)
|
- * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001 by chi-square tests on the difference in the proportion of respondents reporting anyproblem between patients with the selected chronic diseases and the reference group, df = 1. RR = the relative risk of reporting anyproblem of respondents with the selected chronic diseases compared with the reference group.
