Table 2.
Disability, Number of Chronic Conditions, and Self-rated Health Among Persons with Communication Disabilities Compared to Persons Without Communication Disabilities (n = 33,166)
| No comm. disabilities | Voice only disability | Speech/language (SL) disability | Speech/language + voice (SLV) disability | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (n) |
% (n) |
p valuea | AOR (95% CI)b |
% (n) |
p valuea | AOR (95% CI)b |
% (n) |
p valuea | AOR (95% CI)b | |
| Self-rated healthc | ||||||||||
| Fair/poor |
11.2 (3948) |
19.5 (493) |
< 0.001 |
0.7 (0.6–0.8) |
32.5 (263) |
< 0.001 |
0.8 (0.7–1.0) |
48.3 (241) |
< 0.001 |
0.5 (0.4–0.7) |
| Good |
26.5 (8275) |
28.0 (639) |
0.001 |
27.4 (202) |
< 0.001 |
28.8 (141) |
< 0.001 | |||
| Very good/excellent |
62.3 (17,597) |
52.5 (1028) |
< 0.001 |
40.1 (258) |
< 0.001 |
23.0 (81) |
< 0.001 | |||
| Number of chronic conditionsc | ||||||||||
| None |
50.1 (14,209) |
32.1 (598) |
< 0.001 |
1.9 (1.7–2.2) |
31.4 (207) |
< 0.001 |
1.7 (1.3–2.2) |
20.1 (77) |
< 0.001 |
2.7 (1.9–3.8) |
| One |
25.0 (7472) |
27.5 (580) |
< 0.001 |
24.5 (177) |
0.002 |
17.2 (80) |
0.014 | |||
| ≥ 2 |
24.9 (8139) |
40.4 (982) |
< 0.001 |
44.1 (339) |
< 0.001 |
62.7 (306) |
< 0.001 | |||
SL speech/language disability, SLV speech/language + voice disability, AOR adjusted odds ratios, CI confidence interval
aBivariate comparison of the communication disability group to the group with no communication disabilities
bComparison of the communication disability group to the group with no communication disability, controlling for race/ethnicity, marital status, employment status, educational attainment, poverty status, region of residence, sex, age, health insurance, and non-communication disabilities
cNumber of chronic conditions and self-rated health were assessed using ordered logistic regression; adjusted odds ratios and 95% CIs are shown