Table 3.
Sample prevalence of assistive technology use, needs, met, and unmet needs by sample characteristics.
| Characteristics | Indicators related to assistive technology |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use |
Need |
Met need |
Unmet need |
|
| n, (%) | n, (%) | n, (%) | n, (%) | |
| Sexa | ||||
| Male | 875 (21.4) | 1047 (25.6) | 733 (17.9) | 314 (7.7) |
| Female | 1012 (23.1) | 1309 (29.8) | 800 (18.2) | 509 (11.6) |
| p-value | 0.075 | <0.0001 | 0.75 | <0.0001 |
| Age groups | ||||
| <17 years | 97 (4.8) | 128 (6.4) | 91 (4.5) | 37 (1.8) |
| 18–39 years | 278 (8.9) | 362 (11.6) | 244 (7.8) | 118 (3.8) |
| 40–59 years | 836 (38.9) | 1011 (47.2) | 709 (33.1) | 302 (14.1) |
| 60–79 years | 594 (54.9) | 752 (69.5) | 441 (40.8) | 311 (28.7) |
| >80 years | 83 (64.3) | 104 (80.6) | 49 (37.9) | 55 (42.6) |
| p-value | <0.000 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| Places | ||||
| Urban | 949 (22.9) | 1135 (27.3) | 804 (19.4) | 331 (7.9) |
| Rural | 939 (21.7) | 1222 (27.9) | 730 (16.8) | 492 (11.3) |
| p-value | 0.13 | 0.51 | 0.0015 | <0.0001 |
| Difficulties | ||||
| Mobility | 566 (55.8) | 788 (77.6) | 356 (35.1) | 432 (42.6) |
| Seeing | 1726 (76.5) | 2026 (89.8) | 1418 (62.8) | 608 (26.9) |
| Hearing | 143 (49.8) | 240 (83.6) | 57 (19.9) | 183 (63.8) |
| Communication | 22 (32.4) | 47 (69.1) | 9 (13.2) | 38 (55.9) |
| Cognitive | 77 (48.7) | 127 (80.4) | 36 (22.8) | 91 (57.6) |
| Self-care | 76 (60.3) | 111 (88.1) | 34 (26.9) | 77 (61.1) |
| Total (regardless of characteristics) | 1888 (22.2) | 2357 (27.8) | 1534 (18.1) | 823 (9.7) |
| Difficulties | ||||
| Some | 1488 (68.6) | 1814 (83.7) | 1284 (59.2) | 530 (24.4) |
| Severe/total | 349 (65.6) | 484 (90.9) | 206 (38.7) | 278 (52.3) |
| No | 51 (0.9) | 59 (1.0) | 44 (0.8) | 15 (0.3) |
a
Excluded one transgender.