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. 2019 Feb 26;17:41. doi: 10.1186/s12955-019-1106-0

Table 10.

Results of the IPA-MO questionnaire for the research population (n = 4120)

Participation domaina Client group
All Mild physical impairment Severe physical Mild cognitive Mental impairment Long-term income support 18–35
yrs
36–50
yrs
51–66
yrs
67–80
yrs
81+
yrs
Autonomy Indoors (AI)
 n = 4023 1162 784 743 628 706 545 829 1031 751 795
 Weighted score 3.88 3.82 3.51 4.11 3.97 4.07 4.11 4.01 3.94 3.68 3.70
 St dev .79 .70 .87 .74 .73 .76 .77 .76 .76 .80 .77
 % missing 2.4% 2.8% 3.9% 1.9% 0.5% 1.0% 1.3% 1.2% 1.6% 10.4% 4.7%
Family role (FR)
 n = 3723 1028 737 701 591 666 516 782 969 688 706
 Weighted score 3.31 2.98 2.75 3.76 3.60 3.67 3.83 3.66 3.40 2.84 2.84
 St. dev 1.00 .91 .98 . 90 .89 .90 .90 .89 .94 .95 .95
 % missing 9.6% 14.6% 9.7% 7.4% 6.3% 6.6% 6.5% 6.8% 7.5% 10.4% 15.4%
Autonomy outdoors (AO)
 n = 3786 1061 727 721 596 681 528 805 986 696 710
 Weighted score 3.04 2.82 2.52 3.55 3.21 3.25 3.58 3.29 3.09 2.73 2.59
 St. dev .99 .88 .95 .93 .96 .93 .95 .92 .96 .93 .92
 % missing 8.1% 11.8% 10.9% 4.8% 5.6% 4.5% 4.4% 4.1% 5.9% 9.4% 14.9%
Social life & relations (SOC)
 n = 3917 1129 769 721 609 689 528 803 1020 727 772
 Weighted score 3.56 3.74 3.36 3.56 3.37 3.66 3.62 3.53 3.48 3.55 3.67
 St. dev .77 .66 .76 .79 .85 .79 .82 .77 .83 .74 .67
 % missing 4.9% 6.2% 5.8% 4.8% 3.5% 3.4% 4.4% 4.3% 2.7% 5.3% 7.4%
Financial autonomy (FIN)
 n = 3972 1158 785 727 607 695 530 812 1016 743 802
 Weighted score 3.06 3.39 2.57 2.86 3.05 3.28 3.03 3.02 3.10 3.05 3.08
 St. dev 1.09 .95 1.11 1.17 1.06 .95 1.16 1.06 1.05 1.13 1.06
 % missing 3.6% 3.7% 3.8% 4.0% 3.8% 2.5% 4.0% 3.2% 3.1% 3.3% 3.8%
Work & education (WORK - based on items 7d 7f 7g 8)
 n = 268 10 17 70 84 87 77 111 70
 Weighted score 2.88 3.13 2.85 2.82 3.10 2.88 2.61
 St. dev 0.93 0.90 0.97 0.94 0.90 0.89 0.99
 % missing 93.5% 99.2% 97.9% 90.8% 86.7% 87.7% 86.1% 86.8% 93.3% 100% 100%
Possibility to live the way one wants
 n = 3976 1143 779 739 617 698 541 821 1022 735 787
 Mean score 3.12 3.17 2.89 3.54 3.05 2.94 3.37 3.09 3.03 3.06 3.18
 St. dev 1.09 1.03 1.09 1.01 1.14 1.09 1.11 1.10 1.11 1.07 1.02
 % missing 3.5% 5.0% 4.5% 2.4% 2.2% 2.1% 2.0% 2.2% 2.5% 4.3% 5.6%

Source: IPA-MO database, 2014–2016

Domain scores were calculated for respondents only if all items had been answered

aScores: 1 = very poor 2 = poor 3 = fair 4 = good 5 = very good