Table 1.
Variable | Full sample (N=100) |
Urban (N=35) |
Large rural (N=34) |
Small rural (N=31) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age, M (SD) | 71.2 (6.5) | 71.3 (7.0) | 70.0 (5.4) | 72.3 (6.9) |
Education (yrs), M (SD) | 14.7 (2.2) | 14.8 (2.3) | 15.1 (2.0) | 14.0 (2.1) |
Female, No. (%) | 41 (41%) | 15 (43%) | 14 (41%) | 12 (39%) |
Race, No. (%) | ||||
White | 93 (93%) | 32 (91%) | 30 (88%) | 31 (100%) |
Non-White | 7 (7%) | 3 (9%) | 4 (12%) | 0 (0%) |
Single, No. (%) | 19 (19%) | 5 (14%) | 10 (29%) | 4 (13%) |
Cognitive impairment, No. (%) | 39 (40%) | 12 (38%) | 14 (41%) | 14 (42%) |
Geriatric Depression score, M (SD) | 1.7 (2.0) | 1.5 (2.1) | 1.5 (1.6) | 1.9 (2.3) |
Weekly Online Health Formb, No. (%) | ||||
Blue mood | 23 (23%) | 10 (29) | 9 (26) | 4 (13) |
Loneliness | 21 (21%) | 9 (26) | 8 (24) | 4 (13) |
Overnight visitors | 48 (48%) | 12 (34) | 20 (59) | 16 (52) |
Travel away from home | 60 (60%) | 18 (51) | 26 (76) | 16 (52) |
Hospitalization/ED visit | 26 (26%) | 11 (31) | 5 (15) | 10 (32) |
Physical health limitations | 61 (61%) | 25 (71) | 19 (56) | 17 (55) |
Rurality based on RUCA score: Urban=1–3; Large rural=4–6; Small rural=7–10.
Prevalence of ever reporting during study time period (each participant counted only once, irrespective of number of individual reports).
Abbreviations: RUCA, Rural-urban commuting area score (U.S. Census-based)