Table 1.

General characteristics of investigated persons

Parameter	Scale range	Investigated groups
		Group I (institutional long-term care) (n=100)	Group II (institutional day care and in-home care) (n=100)	Group III (in-home care) (n=100)
Sex	Male	45	40	37
	Female	55	60	63
Age (yr), mean; median (interquartile range)		77.2; 76 (65–95)	71.8; 71 (65–93)†	77.0; 76 (65–92)
Marital status	Single	97	91	97
	Married	3	9	3
Living alone		0	82	81
Education	≤10 yearsa	66	62	72
	>10 yearsb	34	38	28
Personal perception of the state of health	Good	39	56*	14‡
	Bad	61	44	86
Comorbiditiesc	1–2	32	26	17
	≥3	68	74	83*

Notes:

^aPrimary and secondary level.

^bHigh school and higher education.

^cDiabetes mellitus, hypertension, coronary heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias, heart failure, chronic disease of respiratory tract, rheumatics, or neoplasms.

^†P<0.001 versus groups I and III

^‡P<0.001 versus groups I and II

^*P<0.05 versus group I.