From: Aging through the time of COVID-19: a survey of self-reported healthcare access
Variable | Access to health care provider | Â | Access to medications | Â | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Received (n = 263) | Not received (n = 205) |  | Received (n = 703) | Not received (n = 51) |  | |
M ± SD or n (%) | M ± SD or n (%) | Pa | M ± SD or n (%) | M ± SD or n (%) | Pa | |
Age | 63.66 ± 8.13 | 61.66 ± 6.89 | .006 | 63.60 ± 7.60 | 61.22 ± 7.47 | .03 |
Sex | Â | Â | .15 | Â | Â | .39 |
 Female | 228 (54.9) | 187 (45.1) |  | 618 (92.9) | 47 (7.1) |  |
 Male | 34 (65.4) | 18 (34.6) |  | 83 (95.4) | 4 (4.6) |  |
Race | Â | Â | .37 | Â | Â | .97 |
 White | 245 (55.7) | 195 (44.3) |  | 667 (93.2) | 49 (6.8) |  |
 Other | 15 (65.2) | 8 (34.8) |  | 28 (93.3) | 2 (6.7) |  |
Education | Â | Â | .20 | Â | Â | .34 |
 Some college or less | 58 (55.2) | 47 (44.8) |  | 169 (90.9) | 17 (9.1) |  |
 College graduate | 76 (50.7) | 74 (49.3) |  | 209 (93.3) | 15 (6.7) |  |
 Advanced degree | 124 (60.2) | 82 (39.8) |  | 313 (94.3) | 19 (5.7) |  |
Employed | Â | Â | .35 | Â | Â | .41 |
 Yes | 115 (53.7) | 99 (46.3) |  | 300 (94.0) | 19 (6.0) |  |
 No | 144 (58.1) | 104 (41.9) |  | 394 (92.5) | 32 (7.5) |  |
Married (or unmarried) couple | Â | Â | .26 | Â | Â | .47 |
 Yes | 168 (58.1) | 121 (41.9) |  | 448 (93.7) | 30 (6.3) |  |
 No | 94 (52.8) | 84 (47.2) |  | 254 (92.4) | 21 (7.6) |  |
Annual household income | Â | Â | .17 | Â | Â | .005 |
  <  50 K | 67 (50.0) | 67 (50.0) |  | 181 (88.7) | 23 (11.3) |  |
 50 K < 100 K | 98 (58.3) | 70 (41.7) |  | 278 (93.9) | 18 (6.1) |  |
  > 100 K | 89 (60.5) | 58 (39.5) |  | 218 (96.5) | 8 (3.5) |  |
Has caregiving responsibilities | Â | Â | .45 | Â | Â | .009 |
 Yes | 128 (54.5) | 107 (45.5) |  | 321 (90.7) | 33 (9.3) |  |
 No | 135 (57.9) | 98 (42.1) |  | 382 (95.5) | 18 (4.5) |  |
Health related variables | ||||||
 Self-perceived health | 3.95 ± 0.76 | 3.78 ± 0.76 | .02 | 3.98 ± 0.76 | 3.75 ± 0.91 | .08 |
 Sum of chronic health conditions | 2.74 ± 1.87 | 2.54 ± 1.91 | .25 | 2.63 ± 1.68 | 2.96 ± 2.13 | .28 |
 UCLA loneliness | 48.63 ± 8.86 | 52.14 ± 9.07 | .00003 | 48.84 ± 8.94 | 52.10 ± 9.97 | .01 |
 PROMIS social isolation | 49.62 ± 8.92 | 52.77 ± 8.45 | .0001 | 49.49 ± 8.85 | 54.27 ± 8.51 | .0002 |
Has a primary care provider | Â | Â | .0002 | Â | Â | .0001 |
 Yes | 253 (58.7) | 178 (41.3) |  | 672 (94.0) | 43 (6.0) |  |
 No | 9 (25.7) | 26 (74.3) |  | 27 (77.1) | 8 (22.9) |  |