Table 3.
Clutter Volume and Functional Impairment Across Samples, M (SD) or Frequency of Difficulties (%)
| Research Samples | Community Samples | Comparison: Research vs. Community | ||||||||
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| Measure | Frost N = 217 | Tolin N = 46 | Woody N = 74 | Boston N = 132 | Hamilton N = 108 | Vancouver 1 N = 138 | Vancouver 2 N = 109 | Research N = 337 | Community N = 487 | |
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| CIR | 3.8 (1.6) | 3.8 (1.7) | 3.9 (1.4) | 4.4 (1.7) | - | - | 6.3 (1.2) | 3.8 (1.6) | 5.3 (1.7) | χ2 = 4.7, p = .03 b = 1.50, [0.21, 2.80] |
| Mobility | 104 (64%) | 30 (75%) | 47 (64%) | 88 (77%) | 70 (65%) | 110 (80%) | - | 181 (66%) | 268 (74%) | χ2 = 3.5, p = .06 OR = 1.49, [0.87, 2.40] |
| Kitchen | 73 (45%) | 20 (50%) | 36 (49%) | 37 (32%) | 67 (64%) | 53 (38%) | - | 129 (47%) | 157 (44%) | χ2 = 0.1, p = .71 OR = 0.88, [0.40, 1.94] |
| Bathroom | 26 (16%) | 9 (23%) | 4 (6%) | 9 (8%) | 28 (27%) | 18 (13%) | - | 39 (14%) | 55 (15%) | χ2 = 0.03, p = .85 OR = 1.09, [0.35, 3.53] |
| Structural | 19 (12%) | 5 (13%) | - | 9 (8%) | 30 (38%) | 5 (4%) | - | 24 (12%) | 44 (13%) | χ2 = 0.002, p = .97 OR = 1.03, [0.14, 8.41] |
| Utilities | 5 (3%) | 1 (3%) | - | 8 (7%) | 3 (3%) | 14 (10%) | - | 6 (3%) | 25 (7%) | χ2 = 3.2, p = .08 OR = 2.44, [0.77, 7.85] |
| Squalor | 29 (18%) | 4 (10%) | - | 58 (50%) | 61 (57%) | 68 (49%) | - | 33 (16%) | 187 (52%) | χ2 = 61.5, p < .001 OR = 5.50, [3.64, 8.80] |
| Fire Hazards | 51 (32%) | 7 (18%) | - | 52 (45%) | 38 (44%) | 67 (49%) | - | 58 (29%) | 157 (46%) | χ2 = 16.1, p < .001 OR = 2.14, [1.48, 3.33] |
| Fire Safety | 63 (39%) | 14 (35%) | 14 (19%) | 71 (62%) | 96 (90%) | 80 (58%) | - | 91 (33%) | 247 (69%) | χ2 = 11.0, p < .001 OR = 5.96, [1.75, 21.74] |
Note: CIR (Clutter Image Rating) score is average of ratings for kitchen, living room, and main bedroom except for Vancouver 2 which used one global rating. See Table 1 for details on the coding of the functional impairment variables. Bracketed numbers are 95% CI for the research vs. community comparison.