Table 1.
Group comparison of sociodemographic characteristic distribution in the studied groups.
| Characteristic | Parameter | Total Subjects N = 150 |
Sample Subjects (N/%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A (Control) |
Group B (Test) |
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| N (%) | N = 75 | N = 75 | |||
| Gender distribution | Male | 128 (85.33) | 64 (85.33) | 64 (85.33) | |
| Female | 22 (14.67) | 11 (14.67) | 11 (14.67) | ||
| Age distribution | Elderly | 41–50 | 4 (2.67) | 1 (1.33) | 3 (4) |
| 51–60 | 58 (38.66) | 26 (34.66) | 32 (42.67) | ||
| 61–70 | 46 (30.66) | 26 (34.66) | 20 (26.67) | ||
| 71–80 | 42 (28) | 22 (29.33) | 20 (26.67) | ||
| Family caregiver | ≤20 | 11 (7.34) | 5 (6.67) | 6 (8) | |
| 21–30 | 75 (50) | 31 (41.33) | 44 (58.6) | ||
| 31–40 | 54 (36) | 34 (45.33) | 20 (26.67) | ||
| 41–50 | 6 (4) | 4 (5.3) | 2 (2.66) | ||
| ≥51 | 4 (2.66) | 1 (1.33) | 3 (4) | ||
| Type of abuse | Neglect | 110 (73.34) | 59 (78.66) | 51 (68) | |
| Combination (neglect + one or more) | 40 (26.66) | 16 (21.33) | 24 (32) | ||
| Education | Elderly | Illiterate | 130 (86.67) | 62 (82.67) | 68 (90.67) |
| Literate | 20 (13.33) | 13 (17.33) | 7 (9.33) | ||
| Family caregiver | Illiterate | 116 (77.33) | 57 (76) | 59 (78.67) | |
| Literate | 34 (22.67) | 18 (24) | 16 (21.34) | ||
| Family caregiver (Types) | Son | 83 (55.33) | 41 (54.66) | 42 (56) | |
| Daughter in law | 49 (32.66) | 26 (34.66) | 23 (30.6) | ||
| Spouse | 14 (9.33) | 8 (10.67) | 6 (8) | ||
| Sibling | 2 (1.33) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.66) | ||
| Others | 2 (1.33) | 0(0) | 2 (2.66) | ||
| Income of family caregiver * | Low | 116 (77.34) | 56 (74.6) | 50 (66.67) | |
| Average | 32 (21.33) | 12 (16) | 20 (26.67) | ||
| High | 12 (8) | 7 (9.34) | 5 (6.67) | ||
| Self-rated health | Elderly | Unhealthy | 18 (12) | 3 (4) | 15 (20) |
| Healthy | 132 (88) | 72 (96) | 60 (80) | ||
| Family caregiver | Unhealthy | 11 (7.33) | 5 (6.66) | 6 (8) | |
| Healthy | 139 (92.67) | 70 (93.33) | 69 (92) | ||
N—Number of subjects; %—Value expressed in terms of percentage within parenthesis; *—Income described as per World Bank country classification (Atlas method).