Table 8.
Complementary analysis.
| Test/Indicator | Argentina | Brazil | Chile | Colombia | México | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correlation (Tau-b) | ||||||
| Feeding &Toileting | 0.534 ** | 0.519 ** | 0.642 ** | 0.460 ** | 0.537 ** | 0.505 ** |
| Feeding & Transferring | 0.552 ** | 0.493 ** | 0.603 ** | 0.398 ** | 0.551 ** | 0.427 ** |
| Feeding & Dressing | 0.550 ** | 0.397 ** | 0.575 ** | 0.473 ** | 0.230 ** | 0.486 ** |
| Toileting & Transferring | 0.695 ** | 0.678 ** | 0.808 ** | 0.694 ** | 0.709 ** | 0.599 ** |
| Toileting & Dressing | 0.632 ** | 0.554 ** | 0.770 ** | 0.641 ** | 0.331 ** | 0.701 ** |
| Transferring & Dressing | 0.702 ** | 0.544 ** | 0.806 ** | 0.576 ** | 0.365 ** | 0.607 ** |
| Shopping & Food Preparation | 0.624 ** | 0.451 ** | - | 0.582 ** | 0.587 ** | - |
| Shopping & Medication | 0.482 ** | 0.376 ** | - | 0.547 ** | 0.374 ** | - |
| Shopping & Handle Finances | 0.452 ** | 0.487 ** | - | 0.605 ** | 0.376 ** | - |
| Food Preparation & Medication | 0.530 ** | 0.372 ** | - | 0.518 ** | 0.414 ** | - |
| Food Preparation & Handle Finances | 0.485 ** | 0.436 ** | - | 0.462 ** | 0.413 ** | - |
| Medication & Handle Finances | 0.631 ** | 0.387 ** | - | 0.532 ** | 0.499 ** | - |
| Saturation analysis (% cumulative activities) | ||||||
| 3 BADL over BADL Index | 96.4% | 97.5% | 97.4% | 93.8% | 94.3% | 91.3% |
| 3 IADL over IADL Index | 96.4% | 92.6% | - | 97.5% | 96.6% | - |
| Distribution by number of ADL help (%) | ||||||
| Only 1 ADL | 43.6% | 46.4% | 27.0% | 44.8% | 39.7% | 41.0% |
| 2–4 ADL | 37.9% | 40.4% | 73.0% | 39.8% | 49.8% | 59.0% |
| 5–6 ADL | 10.7% | 7.4% | - | 7.6% | 5.7% | - |
| 7–8 ADL | 7.8% | 5.7% | - | 7.8% | 4.9% | - |
**: Significant at the 0.05 level.