Table 1.

Frequency distribution of institutionalized elderly’s HRQoL (n = 125), according to sex, educational level, retirement, family visits, performance of daily-living activities and frailty status

Independent Variables		HRQoL				p-value*
		Poor (<  62 points)		Good (≥ 62 points)
		n	%	n	%
Sex	Male	21	16.8	21	16.8	0.848
	Female	40	32.0	43	34.4
Educational level	Primary, secondary or higher education	36	28.8	39	31.2	0.827
	Literate or illiterate	25	20.0	25	20.0
Retirement	Yes	59	47.2	51	40.8	0.002
	No	2	1.6	15	12.0
Family visits	Yes	44	35.2	48	38.4	0.717
	No	17	13.6	16	12.8
Performance of daily-living activities	Independent (dependent of ≤1 function)	43	34.4	58	46.4	0.004
	Dependent (dependent of ≥2 functions)	18	14.4	6	4.8
Frailty status	Not Frail (<  3 points)	19	15.2	50	40.0	< 0.001
	Frail (≥ 3 points)	42	33.6	14	11.2

*chi-square or exact Fisher test