Table 3 Acceptance or refusal of admission into a home for the elderly (n = 65)
From: Demand of elderly people for residential care: an exploratory study
Characteristics of subjects | Missing Values | Acceptation n = 42 | Refusal n = 23 | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (SD)1 | - | 80 (6.5) | 83 (4.5) | 0.12 |
Gender2 | - | Â | Â | 0.69 |
-male | Â | 11 | 5 | Â |
- female | Â | 31 | 18 | Â |
Living conditions2 | - | Â | Â | 0.98 |
- living alone | Â | 33 | 18 | Â |
- sharing a house with others | Â | 9 | 5 | Â |
Housing2 | 1 | Â | Â | 0.79 |
- specially adapted house/apartment for senior citizens or elderly people | Â | 9 | 6 | Â |
- ground-floor rooms | Â | 14 | 6 | Â |
- regular house | Â | 18 | 11 | Â |
Waiting period2 | - | Â | Â | 0,39 |
- 0 – 6 months |  | 12 | 10 |  |
- 6 – 12 months |  | 12 | 6 |  |
- > over 1 year | Â | 17 | 6 | Â |
Level of physical limitation1 (18–54)3 | 2 | 35 | 32 | 0.14 |
Personal perception of health 1 (0–10) | 8 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 0.02 |
Loss of memory1 (0–6) | 9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 0.73 |
Negative feelings1 (0–10) | 10 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 0.62 |
Feelings of loneliness1 (0–14) | 8 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 0.45 |
Social network1 (0–25) | 8 | 16.1 | 18.2 | 0.12 |
Social participation1 (4–20) | 1 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 0.36 |
Self- care agency 1 (9–45) | 5 | 29.7 | 32.5 | 0.02 |
Urgency of admission 1 (1–5) | 2 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 0.00 |