Table 2 Population characteristics for the total sample and according to HD stage. Numbers are frequencies and percentages, if not stated otherwise
Variables | Categories | Complete sample | Early HD (TFC 7–13) | Moderate HD (TFC 3–6) | Advanced HD (TFC 0–2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 86) | (n = 35) | (n = 19) | (n = 32) | ||
Socio-demographic variables | |||||
Age, mean (SD) range | 57 (11.4) 28–87 | 53 (11.9) 28–71 | 59 (11.1) 39–82 | 59 (10.2) 41–87 | |
Gender | Female | 39 (45) | 13 (38) | 7 (37) | 17 (55) |
Male | 47 (55) | 21(62) | 12 (63) | 14 (45) | |
Occupation | Manual | 40 (49) | 14 (41) | 12 (63) | 14 (50) |
Non Manual | 41 (51) | 20 (58) | 7 (37) | 14 (50) | |
Education | < 12 years | 52 (60) | 16 (47) | 15 (79) | 20 (65) |
12+ | 34 (40) | 18 (53) | 4 (21) | 11 (36) | |
Housing situation | Living at home | 54 (63) | 34 (100) | 13 (68) | 5 (16) |
Not living at home | 32 (37) | – | 6 (32) | 26 (84) | |
Resindence | Rural | 13 (15) | 4 (12) | 2 (11) | 6 (19) |
Urban | 73 (85) | 30 (88) | 17 (90) | 25 (81) | |
Marital status | Married (married and living together) | 50 (58) | 23 (68) | 10 (53) | 15 (48) |
Single (single, separated, widowed) | 36 (42) | 11 (32) | 9 (47) | 16 (52) | |
Clinical and disease characteristics | |||||
Disease duration, mean (SD) range | 7.2 (4.7) 0.7–18.7 | 4.6 (4.1) 0.7–18.7 | 7.0 (3.8) 1.1–17 | 10.2 (4.1) 4.3–17.6 | |
Total FAS score, mean (SD) range | 12.7 (8.7 0–25 | 21.4 (2.6) 15–25 | 13.6 (2.9) 7–18 | 2.7 (2.8) 0–9 | |
Independence score, mean (SD) range | 60.1 (26.3) 10–100 | 85.0 (9.0) 75–100 | 64.7 (6.3) 50–70 | 29.7 (22.8) 10–50 | |
Comorbidity | None | 50 (57) | 16 (47) | 9 (47) | 23 (74) |
1 or more | 36 (43) | 18 (53) | 10 (53) | 8 (26) | |