Table 1.
Distribution of sociodemographic factors by disability type (visual vs. hearing). Number, column percentage (%), and odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (95%CI). M = Missing information; N.S. = Nonsignificant.
| VARIABLES | STRATA | Total (n = 164) (Col %) |
DISABILITY TYPE | Univariable Logistic Analysis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing n = 109 (66.9%) |
Visual n = 54 (33.1%) |
OR (95%CI) | p Value | |||
| Sociodemographic Factors | ||||||
| Sex (Missing: 3) |
Female | 90 (56.3) | 67 (62.6) | 23 (43.4) | reference | |
| Male | 70 (43.7) | 40 (37.4) | 30 (56.6) | 2.18 (1.12; 4.27) | 0.020 | |
| Age (years) 38.4 ± 20.2 |
<23 | 41 (25.2) | 25 (22.9) | 16 (29.6) | reference | |
| 23–38 | 40 (24.5) | 29 (26.6) | 11 (20.4) | 0.59 (0.23; 1.51) | N.S. | |
| 39–53 | 38 (23.3) | 23 (21.1) | 15 (27.8) | 1.02 (0.41; 2.51) | N.S. | |
| 54+ | 44 (26.9) | 32 (29.4) | 12 (22.2) | 0.59 (0.24; 1.46) | N.S. | |
| Geographic area (Missing: 1) |
Northern Italy | 97 (59.9) | 62 (56.9) | 35 (66.0) | reference | |
| Central Italy | 46 (28.4) | 35 (32.1) | 11 (20.8) | 0.56 (0.25; 1.23) | N.S. | |
| Southern Italy | 19 (11.7) | 12 (11.0) | 7 (13.2) | 1.03 (0.37; 2.07) | N.S. | |
| Occupational status (Missing: 5) |
Unemployed | 11 (6.9) | 11 (10.4) | 0 | 1 | |
| Retired | 34 (21.4) | 20 (18.9) | 14 (26.9) | 1.12 (0.44; 2.87) | N.S. | |
| Student | 39 (24.5) | 24 (22.6) | 15 (28.1) | reference | N.S. | |
| Worker | 75 (47.2) | 51 (48.1) | 23 (44.2) | 0.72 (0.32; 1.62) | N.S. | |
| Who do you live with? (Missing: 18) |
At least with one family member | 126 (86.9) | 86 (88.7) | 40 (83.3) | reference | |
| Alone | 17 (11.7) | 11 (11.3) | 6 (12.5) | 1.17 (0.41; 3.40) | N.S. | |
| in a care home | 2 (1.4) | 0 | 2 (4.2) | 1 | N.S. | |
| External open space available in your place (M: 18) |
No | 33 (22.6) | 26 (26.8) | 7 (14.6) | reference | |
| Yes | 113 (77.4) | 71 (73.2) | 41 (85.4) | 2.14 (0.86; 5.38) | N.S. | |