Table 2.
Comparison of aspects of housing between very old people reporting having Parkinson's disease (PD) (n = 20) and controls not reporting having PD (n = 60).
| Variable | PD, n = 20 | Controls, n = 60 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | q1–q3 | Median | q1–q3 | P valuea | |
| Number of environmental barriers, (HE) | 48 | 36–61 | 52 | 34–63 | 0.727 |
| Accessibility, (HE) | 192 | 112–232 | 63 | 14–128 | <0.001 |
| Usability (UIMH) | |||||
| (i) Activity aspectsb,c | 3.8 | 3-5 | 5 | 4.3–5 | 0.003 |
| (ii) Physical environmental aspectsb | 4.1 | 3.4–4.8 | 4.3 | 3.6–5 | 0.600 |
| Meaning of home (MOH) | |||||
| (i) Physical bondingb,c | 7 | 5.3–8.9 | 8.6 | 6.9–8.9 | 0.018 |
| (ii) Behavioral bondingc | 7 | 4.8–8.6 | 8.8 | 7.3–10 | <0.001 |
| (iii) Cognitive, emotional bondingb,c | 8 | 7.1–9.4 | 8.2 | 7.4–9 | 0.444 |
| External housing-related control beliefs (HCQ)b,c | 2.7 | 2.1–3.4 | 2.8 | 2.1–3.2 | 0.867 |
| Housing satisfactionc | 5 | 4-5 | 5 | 4-5 | 0.114 |
Decimals are only given when rounding was needed.
aA version of Wilcoxon signed rank test extended to include multiple controls was used.
bFor these variables the PD sample had missing values (for 1 to 2 participants); the number of controls was reduced accordingly.
cFor these variables some of the controls had missing values (for 1 to 4 participants).
HE: Housing Enabler; higher accessibility scores mean more accessibility (person-environment fit) problems (range 0 to >2000; theoretically but never reached in reality). UIMH: Usability In My Home; higher scores are positive. MOH: Meaning of Home Questionnaire; higher scores mean stronger attachment to the home. HCQ: Housing-Related Control Beliefs Questionnaire; higher scores indicate more external control. Housing satisfaction is rated from 1 (no, definitely not) to 5 (yes, definitely).