Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of long-term care institutional residents with disabilities
| Characteristic | Intervention Group (N = 38) | Control Group (N = 39) | X2/t | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | M ± SD | N (%) | M ± SD | |||
| Age | 78.68 ± 7.97 | 79.21 ± 8.33 | 0.28 | 0.78 | ||
| Gender | 0.19 | 0.89 | ||||
| Male | 15(39.5) | 16(41.0) | ||||
| Female | 23(60.5) | 23(59.0) | ||||
| Marital Status | 2.07 | 0.72 | ||||
| Married | 10(26.3) | 13(33.3) | ||||
| Single | 4(10.5) | 2(5.1) | ||||
| Widower | 21(55.3) | 20(51.3) | ||||
| Separated | 0(0.0) | 1(2.6) | ||||
| Divorced | 3(7.9) | 3(7.7) | ||||
| Religious affiliation | 0.87 | 0.83 | ||||
| Buddhist/Taoist | 23(60.5) | 23(59.0) | ||||
| Protestant | 1(2.6) | 1(2.6) | ||||
| Catholics | 8(21.1) | 6(15.4) | ||||
| Atheist | 6(15.8) | 9(23.0) | ||||
| Education | 5.13 | 0.40 | ||||
| Illiterate | 8(21.1) | 9(23.0) | ||||
| Literate/Uneducated | 1(2.6) | 4(10.3) | ||||
| Primary school | 16(42.1) | 11(28.2) | ||||
| Secondary school | 6(15.8) | 3(7.7) | ||||
| High school | 5(13.1) | 8(20.5) | ||||
| College/University | 2(5.3) | 4(10.3) | ||||
| Length of stay in institution (months) | 33.55 ± 36.22 | 35.69 ± 31.20 | 0.28 | 0.78 | ||
| Barthel Index | 61.58 ± 31.88 | 61.03 ± 32.61 | -0.08 | 0.94 | ||
M Mean, SD Standard deviation