Table 2 Characteristics of the participants according to the responses to difficulties in acquiring health resources (N = 4871)
Variables | Difficulties in a | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acquiring COVID-19 information | Buying and using personal protective equipment | Using medical services | |||||||
Yes (n = 2140) | No (n = 2730) | P Value | Yes (n = 2172) | No (n = 2699) | P Value | Yes (n = 2563) | No (n = 2308) | P Value | |
Types of disabilities, n (%)a | 0.053 | 0.167 | < 0.001 | ||||||
Physical disability | 634(51.76) | 785(50.52) | 655(51.77) | 764(50.50) | 723(49.33) | 696(53.13) | |||
Brain lesion | 292(10.04) | 348(9.26) | 300(10.16) | 340(9.14) | 401(11.64) | 239(7.30) | |||
Visual impairment | 275(9.63) | 325(10.01) | 284(9.95) | 316(9.73) | 314(9.69) | 286(9.99) | |||
Hearing impairment | 382(18.40) | 511(19.52) | 385(18.26) | 508(19.66) | 449(18.68) | 444(19.37) | |||
Mental disability | 131(4.48) | 115(3.30) | 124(4.09) | 122(3.63) | 141(4.19) | 105(3.45) | |||
Internal disability | 340(4.82) | 541(6.36) | 338(4.89) | 543(6.31) | 422(5.33) | 459(6.00) | |||
Speech disability | 65(0.77) | 80(0.92) | 66(0.82) | 79(0.88) | 90(1.05) | 55(0.62) | |||
Facial disfigurement | 21(0.11) | 26(0.11) | 20(0.08) | 27(0.14) | 23(0.10) | 24(0.12) | |||
Age (years), mean (SE) | 71.57(0.27) | 70.55(0.23) | 0.004 | 71.33(0.26) | 70.75(0.24) | 0.101 | 72.05(0.25) | 69.84(0.24) | < 0.001 |
Gender, n (%) | 0.009 | 0.527 | < 0.001 | ||||||
Male | 1164(51.50) | 1599(56.16) | 1813(56.94) | 2386(58.51) | 1384(50.56) | 1379(58.95) | |||
Female | 976(48.50) | 1132(43.84) | 1269(43.06) | 1557(41.49) | 1179(49.44) | 929(42.05) | |||
Marital status, n (%)a | < 0.001 | 0.016 | < 0.001 | ||||||
Married | 1127(52.00) | 1656(60.00) | 1447(48.36) | 1929(50.95) | 1394(52.23) | 1389(60.94) | |||
Othersb | 1013(48.00) | 1075(40.00) | 1635(51.64) | 2014(49.05) | 1169(47.77) | 919(39.06) | |||
Self-reported economic status, n (%)a | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||
Lower class | 1667(77.57) | 1778(65.09) | 2311(75.20) | 2533(64.47) | 1925(75.18) | 1520(65.93) | |||
Middle class | 454(21.20) | 924(33.76) | 744(23.78) | 1370(34.49) | 614(23.61) | 764(32.87) | |||
Upper class | 19(1.30) | 29(1.15) | 27(1.01) | 40(1.03) | 24(1.21) | 24(1.20) | |||
Education, n (%)a | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||
None | 254(14.20) | 222(9.29) | 283(10.69) | 286(7.93) | 290(13.79) | 186(9.01) | |||
High school or below | 1735(79.70) | 2201(80.45) | 2441(78.14) | 2982(75.26) | 2067(79.50) | 1869(80.79) | |||
College or above | 151(6.10) | 308(10.26) | 358(11.17) | 675(16.81) | 206(6.71) | 253(10.20) | |||
Living arrangements, n (%)a | < 0.001 | 0.007 | 0.001 | ||||||
Living alone | 728(35.45) | 722(28.08) | 849(29.03) | 960(25.63) | 808(34.01) | 642(28.61) | |||
Living with others | 1412(64.55) | 2009(71.92) | 2233(71.97) | 2983(74.37) | 1755(65.99) | 1666(71.39) | |||
Living area, n (%)a | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||
Urban | 893(35.97) | 1359(43.32) | 1290(35.39) | 1976(43.81) | 1077(36.73) | 1175(43.57) | |||
Rural | 1247(64.03) | 1372(56.68) | 1792(64.61) | 1967(56.19) | 1486(63.27) | 1133(56.43) | |||
Chronic disease, n (%)a | 0.063 | 0.168 | 0.138 | ||||||
Yes | 1758(79.28) | 2286(82.98) | 2247(70.00) | 2884(71.17) | 2155(81.73) | 1889(79.58) | |||
No | 382(20.72) | 445(18.02) | 835(30.00) | 1059(28.83) | 408(18.27) | 419(20.42) | |||
Internet use, n (%)a | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||
Yes | 381(17.87) | 814(28.65) | 971(31.49) | 1617(40.76) | 512(19.06) | 683(28.93) | |||
No | 1759(82.13) | 1917(71.35) | 2111(68.51) | 2326(59.24) | 2051(80.94) | 1625(71.07) | |||