Table 1.

Personal characteristics of the 227 respondents

	Women		Men		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex	164	72.2	63	27.8	227	100.0
Age (years)
65–74	12	7.3	8	12.7	20	8.8
75–84	48	29.3	30	47.6	78	34.4
85–94	80	48.8	24	38.1	104	45.8
≥ 95	24	14.6	1	1.6	25	11.0
Marital status
Married or cohabiting	13	7.9	25	39.7	38	16.7
Unmarried	27	16.5	8	12.7	35	15.4
Divorced	6	3.7	4	6.3	10	4.4
Widowed	118	72.0	26	41.3	144	63.4
Education
Lowest: primary school	76	46.3	21	33.3	97	42.7
Middle: <3 years after primary school	70	42.7	32	50.8	102	44.9
Highest: ≥ 3 years after primary school	18	11.0	10	15.9	28	12.3
Comorbidity
Yes (FCI† ≥ 1)	146	89.0	52	82.5	198	87.2
No (FCI† = 0)	18	11.0	11	17.5	29	12.8

^† FCI: Functional Comorbidity Index (Groll et al. 2005) includes 18 diagnoses scored yes = 1 and no = 0 with a maximum score of 18.