Table 4.
Distribution of disability scores (World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II (WHODAS-II)), by Geriatric Mental State Examination/Automated Geriatric Examination for Computer Assisted Taxonomy (GMS/AGECAT) anxiety status across different countries
| Severe disability (15 or more disability days in the past month) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | WHODAS-II score, mean (s.d.) | n/N (%) | Adjusted prevalence ratioa (95% CI) | Population-attributable prevalence fraction (95% CI) | |
| Cuba | |||||
| No anxiety | 1689 (57.4) | 9.4 (17.3) | 221/1664 (13.3) | 1.0 (reference) | – |
| Subthreshold anxiety | 1131 (38.4) | 18.0 (21.9) | 256/1115 (23.0) | 1.1 (0.9–1.3) | 4.5 (0.0–9.9) |
| Anxiety | 124 (4.2) | 25.2 (22.5) | 35/124 (28.2) | 1.1 (0.7–1.8) | 2.3 (1.1–5.5) |
| Dominican Republic | |||||
| No anxiety | 788 (39.2) | 8.2 (14.4) | 64/787 (8.1) | 1.0 (reference) | – |
| Subthreshold anxiety | 1044 (51.9) | 19.8 (20.9) | 184/1041 (17.7) | 1.5 (1.1–2.0) | 18.0 (5.3–29.0) |
| Anxiety | 179 (8.9) | 33.2 (23.0) | 63/178 (35.4) | 2.0 (1.2–3.2) | 12.0 (5.4–18.2) |
| Peru | |||||
| No anxiety | 941 (48.7) | 9.7 (18.5) | 206/742 (27.8) | 1.0 (reference) | – |
| Subthreshold anxiety | 856 (44.3) | 13.2 (18.3) | 182/649 (28.0) | 0.9 (0.7–1.2) | – |
| Anxiety | 136 (7.0) | 25.2 (21.9) | 18/98 (18.4) | 0.4 (0.2–0.8) | – |
| Venezuela | |||||
| No anxiety | 878 (44.7) | 5.1 (9.5) | 48/782 (6.1) | 1.0 (reference) | – |
| Subthreshold anxiety | 929 (47.3) | 13.4 (17.4) | 109/805 (13.5) | 1.9 (1.4–2.8) | 32.7 (19.8–43.5) |
| Anxiety | 158 (8.0) | 26.8 (24.3) | 26/134 (19.4) | 2.5 (1.3–5.0) | 12.5 (4.2–20.1) |
| Mexico | |||||
| No anxiety | 1068 (53.3) | 7.3 (14.9) | 67/1056 (6.3) | 1.0 (reference) | – |
| Subthreshold anxiety | 831 (41.5) | 13.4 (20.1) | 114/821 (13.9) | 1.6 (1.2–2.2) | 23.8 (10.6–35.0) |
| Anxiety | 104 (5.2) | 20.3 (24.6) | 23/104 (22.1) | 2.5 (1.4–4.4) | 15.6 (7.4–23.1) |
| India | |||||
| No anxiety | 1171 (58.4) | 16.3 (17.3) | 98/1027 (9.5) | 1.0 (reference) | – |
| Subthreshold anxiety | 787 (39.3) | 23.4 (20.4) | 147/751 (19.6) | 2.9 (2.3–3.7) | 46.8 (39.2–53.4) |
| Anxiety | 46 (2.3) | 29.5 (24.6) | 16/39 (41.0) | 3.3 (1.9–5.8) | 33.1 (10.0–55.9) |
a
Adjusted for age, gender, number of physical illnesses, 10/66 dementia and ICD-10 depression.