Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants
| Characteristic | Entire sample (n = 146) |
Test–retest reliability Sample (n = 49) | Convergent validity sample (n = 120) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| (Mean ± SD, Range) | (Mean ± SD, Range) | (Mean ± SD, Range) | ||||
| Age, years | (65.35 ± 6.37, 56–87) | (63.71 ± 5.44, 56–87) | (64.95 ± 5.80, 56–87) | |||
| 55–65 | 83 | 56.8 | 30 | 61.2 | 68 | 56.7 |
| 66–87 | 63 | 43.2 | 19 | 38.8 | 52 | 43.3 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 73 | 50 | 24 | 49.0 | 59 | 49.2 |
| Female | 73 | 50 | 25 | 51.0 | 61 | 50.8 |
| Education, years | ||||||
| 0–6 | 17 | 11.6 | 2 | 4.1 | 11 | 7.5 |
| 7–9 | 15 | 10.3 | 1 | 2.0 | 9 | 6.2 |
| 10–12 | 46 | 31.5 | 15 | 30.6 | 36 | 24.7 |
| > 12 | 68 | 46.6 | 31 | 63.3 | 90 | 61.6 |
| Socio-economic status a | ||||||
| Good | 7 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| Fair | 126 | 86.3 | 49 | 100 | 109 | 90.8 |
| Poor | 10 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.0 |
| Very poor | 3 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 2 | 1.4 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Married/cohabitating | 113 | 77.4 | 44 | 89.8 | 97 | 80.8 |
| Divorced/separated | 14 | 9.6 | 1 | 2.0 | 9 | 7.5 |
| Widowed | 17 | 11.6 | 3 | 6.1 | 13 | 10.8 |
| Living arrangement | ||||||
| Alone | 20 | 13.7 | 3 | 6.1 | 16 | 13.3 |
| With others | 126 | 86.3 | 46 | 93.9 | 104 | 86.7 |
SD Standard deviation. a Reported using subjective rating.