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. 2023 Jul 5;59(6):979–988. doi: 10.1007/s00127-023-02524-x

Table 1.

Distribution of sociodemographic and health-related determinants

Total
N = 1148
Sociodemographic
 Gender, n (%)
  Male 376 (33.7)
 Age, mean (SD) 86.6 (3.0)
 Marital status, n (%)
  Unmarried/widowed 806 (70.2)
  Married 342 (29.8)
 Level of education, n (%)
  Low 643 (56.0)
  Medium/high 505 (44.0)
 Living situation, n (%)
  Living alone 638 (55.6)
  Living with spouse/relatives 510 (44.4)
  Having children, n (%) 931 (81.1)
Health-related
 Difficulties walking, n (%) 694 (60.5)
 Sensory impairment, n (%)
  Vision 302 (26.3)
  Hearing 560 (48.8)
 MMSE, mean (SD) 27.8 (1.9)
 IADL, mean (SD) 4.2 (1.0)
 Depressive symptoms, mean (SD) 2.6 (2.5)
 Somatic comorbidities, n (%) 2.4 (1.3)

SD standard deviation, MMSE mini-mental state examination, IADL instrumental activities of daily living