All | Informal care only for elderly living alone | Informal care only from a co-resident family member | A combination of formal and informal care | Formal care only | Missing care information | P-value of Chi-squared test | |||||||
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(n = 732) | (n = 184) | (n = 151) | (n = 337) | (n = 45) | (n = 15) | ||||||||
Variable | n/mean | % | n/mean | % | n/mean | % | n/mean | % | n/mean | % | n/mean | % | |
Age group | |||||||||||||
65–74 | 215 | 30 | 51 | 28 | 71 | 47 | 75 | 22 | 14 | 31 | 4 | 27 | |
75–84 | 356 | 49 | 95 | 52 | 63 | 42 | 169 | 50 | 20 | 45 | 9 | 60 | |
85+ | 161 | 21 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 93 | 28 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 13 | <0.0001 |
Gender | |||||||||||||
Male | 101 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 34 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
Female | 631 | 86 | 168 | 91 | 117 | 77 | 297 | 88 | 34 | 75 | 15 | 100 | 0.0003 |
Financial situation | |||||||||||||
Good | 141 | 19 | 28 | 15 | 31 | 20 | 71 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 27 | |
Average | 502 | 69 | 138 | 75 | 98 | 65 | 228 | 67 | 31 | 68 | 7 | 46 | |
Poor | 89 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 22 | 15 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 27 | NS |
Self-assessed health | |||||||||||||
Good | 29 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Average | 477 | 65 | 116 | 63 | 100 | 66 | 220 | 65 | 29 | 65 | 12 | 80 | |
Poor | 226 | 31 | 62 | 34 | 41 | 27 | 105 | 31 | 15 | 33 | 3 | 20 | NS |
IADL | |||||||||||||
Good | 170 | 23 | 79 | 43 | 37 | 25 | 43 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 27 | |
Medium | 402 | 55 | 96 | 52 | 72 | 48 | 201 | 60 | 23 | 51 | 10 | 67 | |
Poor | 160 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 42 | 27 | 93 | 27 | 15 | 33 | 1 | 6 | <0.0001 |
FIM™ score§ | |||||||||||||
Limited physical function score <120 | 449 | 61 | 79 | 43 | 71 | 47 | 252 | 75 | 37 | 82 | 10 | 67 | <0.0001 |
GDS score* | |||||||||||||
Depressive mood score >7 | 74 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 13 | NS |
MMSE score† | |||||||||||||
Declined cognitive capacity score <24 | 210 | 29 | 40 | 22 | 30 | 20 | 119 | 35 | 17 | 38 | 4 | 27 | 0.0007 |
Mean HRQoL 15D‡ | 0.73 | 0.76 | 0.74 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.75 | 0.0013 |