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. 2025 Aug 12;13:1637017. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1637017

Table 1.

Participants’ demographic characteristics (n = 317).

Variables n (%) Total score of self-management activation mean (SD) F/t p
Gender 1.936 0.054
Male 154 (48.6) 71.23 (17.82)
Female 163 (51.4) 67.44 (17.11)
Age(years) 16.047 <0.001
65 ~ 69 91 (28.7) 75.98 (14.32)
70 ~ 79 140(44.2) 69.69 (16.49)
≥80 86 (27.1) 61.53 (19.30)
Type of medical insurance 23.841 <0.001
Employee medical insurance 147 (46.4) 77.20 (14.35)
Urban resident medical insurance 35 (11.0) 67.43 (18.49)
New rural cooperative medical scheme 129 (40.7) 60.88 (16.86)
Other medical insurance 6 (1.9) 69.67 (11.15)
Educational level 32.754 <0.001
Primary school or below 165 (52.0) 62.48 (16.34)
Junior high school 63 (19.9) 71.24 (18.39)
High school 46 (14.5) 79.26 (12.67)
Associate degree or above 43 (13.6) 81.81 (11.97)
Marital status 31.875 <0.001
Married 258 (81.4) 72.71 (15.92)
Divorced 6 (1.9) 49.67 (20.37)
Widowed 53 (16.7) 54.83 (16.17)
Pre-retirement occupation 33.436 <0.001
Worker 90 (28.4) 71.62 (16.42)
Farmer 135 (42.6) 60.74 (16.73)
Service personnel 84 (26.5) 79.38 (13.63)
Other 8 (2.5) 81.00 (6.05)
Living arrangement 16.412 <0.001
Living alone 35 (11.1) 56.23 (16.19)
Living only with spouse 183 (57.7) 72.04 (16.26)
Living only with children 32 (10.1) 57.69 (18.37)
Living with spouse and children 67 (21.1) 74.09 (15.81)
Number of comorbidities (Types) 13.169 <0.001
1 164 (51.7) 73.26 (15.91)
2 ~ 3 141 (44.5) 66.11 (18.09)
≥4 12 (3.8) 52.17 (15.36)
Vision acuity status 5.848 <0.001
Clear 213 (67.2) 73.34 (15.42)
Blurry 104 (32.8) 60.96 (18.71)
Use of assistive walking devices −8.812 <0.001
Yes 26 (8.2) 43.23 (18.55)
No 291 (91.8) 71.61 (15.47)
Number of hospitalizations due to chronic diseases in the past year(Number of times) 12.584 0.005
0 237(74.8) 71.61(16.19)
1 ~ 2 77(24.3) 61.74(19.67)
≥3 3(0.9) 78.67(4.16)
Perceived outdoor environmental comfort 64.156 <0.001
Comfortable 144 (45.4) 78.92 (11.05)
Neutral 159 (50.2) 62.18 (17.92)
Uncomfortable 14 (4.4) 50.86 (14.77)
Smoking history −0.969 0.333
Yes 45 (14.2) 66.93 (15.28)
No 272 (85.8) 69.67 (17.88)
Alcohol consumption history 0.160 0.873
Yes 36 (11.4) 69.72 (18.27)
No 281 (88.6) 69.22 (17.47)
Fear of falling 31.704 <0.001
Not afraid 131 (41.3) 77.42 (12.28)
Slightly afraid 80 (25.2) 70.60 (14.65)
Somewhat afraid 64 (20.2) 63.16 (18.11)
Very afraid 42 (13.3) 50.71 (18.66)
Self-care ability (Points) 52.323 <0.001
41 ~ 60 10 (3.2) 39.40 (21.87)
61 ~ 99 170 (53.6) 63.45 (16.10)
100 137 (43.2) 78.70 (12.78)

Indicated as t-test.