Table 2.
Characteristics of homebound patients by region
| Characteristics | Regions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Rural < 5000 |
Semi-rural 5000 – 10,000 |
Semi-urban 10,000 – 50,000 |
Urban > 50,000 |
|
| N | 3673 | 1119 | 643 | 1123 | 788 |
| Gendere | |||||
| Female | 66.8%f | 65.7%a | 68%a | 66.8%a | 67.4%a |
| Male | 31.9% | 33.6%a | 31.6%a | 32.2%a | 29.4%a |
| Ageg | |||||
| Mean (± SD) | 82.3 (± 11.2) | 82.6 (± 11.7) | 82.2 (± 10.8) | 81.6 (± 11.6) | 82.7 (± 10.3) |
| 95% CI | 81.9–82.6 | 81.9–83.3 | 81.4–83.1 | 80.9–82.3 | 82–83.5 |
| Min – Max | 2–104 | 2–104 | 5–102 | 27–102 | 24–101 |
| Chronic diseasesh | |||||
| Mean (± SD) | 6.4 (± 3.9) | 7*** (± 4) | 6.7*** (± 4.1) | 6** (± 3.7) | 5.8 (± 4) |
| 95% CI | 6.3–6.5 | 6.8–7.2 | 6.4–7 | 5.8–6.2 | 5.6–6.1 |
| Min – Max | 1–36 | 1–29 | 1–31 | 1–35 | 1–36 |
| Housing situatione | |||||
| Private homesi | 56% | 66.4%a | 61.6%b | 52.8%c | 41.4%d |
| Long-term care institutions | 41.4% | 30.7%a | 37.5%b | 45.2%c | 54.4%d |
| Type of home visite | |||||
| Planned | 69.1% | 68.6%a | 66.4%a | 66.3%a | 75.9%b |
| Requested | 30% | 30.7% | 33.4%a | 33.2%a | 21.6%b |
Note: Pairwise regional comparisons with the urban region (> 50,000) were depicted with: *** p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05
ePairwise regional comparisons, in which each subscript letter denotes a subset of intervention categories whose column proportions do not differ significantly from each other at the 0.05 level
fNot all totals add up to 100% because not all respondents answered every question
gOther pairwise comparisons revealed statistically significant differences between: rural and semi-urban region (p < 0.05)
hOther pairwise comparisons revealed statistically significant differences between: rural and semi-rural region (p < 0.05); rural and semi-urban region (p < 0.001); semi-rural regions and semi-urban region (p < 0.001)
iLiving (alone or with family or partner) in own apartment