Table 2.

Descriptive statistics and correlations among self-care capacity, perceived health, loneliness, depressive affect and nutritional status in Structural Equation Modeling model among older adults residing in rural Oklahoma.

	Perceived Health Status c	Self-Care Capacity d	Loneliness e	Depressive Affect f	Nutritional Status g
Correlation
Self-Care Capacity	0.31a	-	-	-	-
Loneliness	−0.13	0.05	-	-	-
Depressive Affect	−0.31a	−0.14	0.42a	-	-
Nutritional Status	0.15	0.13	−0.07	−0.27a	-
Mean	9.75	38.38	18.09	1.36	12.09
SDb	2.11	1.15	4.23	1.93	1.48
Minimum	4.00	33.00	10.00	0.00	8.00
Maximum	14.00	39.00	29.00	9.00	14.00
Skewness	-	-	0.17	1.83	−0.72
Kurtosis	-	-	−0.58	3.41	−0.07

^aSignificant at p<0.01

^bStandard deviation.

^cPerceived health status was measured using the Subjective Health Perceptions Scale.²⁹ Perceived health status scores range from 4 to 14. A higher score represents higher perceived health.

^dSelf-Care Capacity was measured using the Self-Care Capacity Scale.²⁹ Self-care capacity scores range from 13 to 39. A higher score reflects higher self-care capacity.

^eLoneliness was measured using the Loneliness Scale-Version.³⁰ Loneliness scores range from 10 to 29. A higher score indicates higher feelings of loneliness.

^fDepressive Affect was measured using the Geriatric Depression Scale.³¹ Depression scores range from 0 to 10 with a higher score indicating a higher depressive affect.

^gNutritional Status was measured using the Mini-Nutritional Assessment Short-Form.³² Nutritional Status scores range from 0 to 14. A higher score indicates high nutritional status.