Table 2.

Health Care Services Assistance by the Presence of Hearing or Vision Loss Grouping, Stratified by Age Group.

	Hearing Loss							Near Vision Loss							Distance Vision Loss
	Absent			Present			P value a	Absent			Present			P value a	Absent			Present			P value a
	N	% or mean	SE	N	% or mean	SE		N	% or mean	SE	N	% or mean	SE		N	% or mean	SE	N	% or mean	SE
Health Care Services Assistance, Age 65–74
Drove self to appointment, yes	1,888	84.3	0.9	157	71.3	3.5	<0.001	2,018	84.4	0.9	30	36.1	5.9	<0.001	1,996	84.7	0.9	51	45.4	5.6	<0.001
Others drove to appointment, yes	478	17.3	0.9	68	29.7	3.3	<0.001	496	17.4	0.8	53	55.9	6.3	<0.001	477	16.8	0.8	68	55.3	5.4	<0.001
Attended doctor appointment with others, yes	616	24.5	1.2	97	46.3	3.3	<0.001	665	25.6	1.1	52	58.9	6.9	<0.001	651	25.3	1.2	62	53.6	6.3	<0.001
Others helped prepare for doctor exam, yes	82	12.5	1.5	20	22.5	4.0	0.005	90	13.0	1.6	14	32.5	7.3	0.002	85	12.8	1.6	16	25.3	5.4	0.012
Others reminded participant during doctor visit, yes	312	49.2	2.7	68	69.7	5.5	0.004	350	51.8	2.6	34	66.4	8.0	0.113	344	52.0	2.5	39	62.6	6.8	0.151
Others asked or shared information at doctor visit, yes	292	44.8	2.3	57	60.3	5.6	0.017	317	46.3	2.3	33	59.7	7.6	0.122	306	45.2	2.3	41	65.0	7.0	0.019
Others helped understand information at doctor visit, yes	241	34.8	2.6	61	64.2	5.2	<0.001	268	37.6	2.5	35	67.1	6.9	<0.001	261	36.6	2.2	41	72.0	6.6	<0.001
Usual Source of Health Care Services, Age 75–84
Drove self to appointment, yes	1,635	70.0	0.9	182	54.6	3.0	<0.001	1,789	70.1	1.0	35	25.7	4.8	<0.001	1,770	70.7	0.9	51	30.3	4.1	<0.001
Others drove to appointment, yes	851	31.6	1.0	170	46.6	2.7	<0.001	909	31.6	1.0	114	69.1	4.1	<0.001	885	30.9	1.0	131	69.3	3.8	<0.001
Attended doctor appointment with others, yes	974	39.0	1.3	194	56.3	3.0	<0.001	1,063	39.8	1.2	104	65.2	5.1	<0.001	1,041	39.3	1.2	119	65.2	3.7	<0.001
Others helped prepare for doctor exam, yes	147	15.1	1.2	47	22.2	3.8	0.054	163	15.0	1.3	29	32.0	6.7	0.004	162	15.1	1.1	30	26.4	4.9	0.007
Others reminded participant during doctor visit, yes	536	55.3	1.9	120	64.1	3.9	0.076	587	56.1	1.6	69	65.9	5.6	0.103	582	56.0	1.6	70	63.2	4.4	0.127
Others asked or shared information at doctor visit, yes	540	53.2	1.8	132	67.7	3.9	0.002	589	53.9	1.8	82	79.0	4.6	<0.001	578	53.7	1.8	87	73.3	4.9	0.002
Others helped understand information at doctor visit, yes	509	49.7	1.8	139	71.1	3.7	<0.001	563	51.4	1.8	83	76.8	5.3	<0.001	561	51.6	1.7	79	67.1	5.1	0.005
Usual Source of Health Care Services, Age 85+
Drove self to appointment, yes	520	45.7	1.7	99	25.8	1.9	<0.001	608	45.2	1.5	14	6.0	1.9	<0.001	604	48.2	1.6	16	5.6	1.6	<0.001
Others drove to appointment, yes	703	54.4	1.6	278	66.4	2.1	<0.001	815	54.5	1.6	163	79.6	3.1	<0.001	745	52.7	1.6	219	79.6	2.5	<0.001
Attended doctor appointment with others, yes	706	55.9	1.5	304	74.4	2.7	<0.001	839	57.9	1.4	167	80.7	3.2	<0.001	778	57.3	1.5	216	76.7	2.5	<0.001
Others helped prepare for doctor exam, yes	151	19.5	1.8	102	32.6	2.9	<0.001	188	21.7	1.5	62	33.4	3.4	0.002	163	20.4	1.7	81	33.5	3.2	<0.001
Others reminded participant during doctor visit, yes	430	61.3	1.7	200	68.3	2.7	0.033	525	63.9	1.7	102	62.3	4.2	0.730	485	63.3	1.7	136	64.9	3.7	0.703
Others asked or shared information at doctor visit, yes	479	66.7	2.2	236	78.0	2.4	0.001	581	69.0	1.9	128	75.3	4.0	0.178	535	68.2	1.9	165	75.6	3.2	0.051
Others helped understand information at doctor visit, yes	471	66.0	2.1	254	85.8	1.8	<0.001	584	70.2	1.8	132	79.7	3.1	0.017	539	69.4	1.9	169	79.7	2.5	0.001

Note. SE = standard error. Prevalence estimates are based on population-weighted data.

^aP values determined by Rao-Scott F adjusted chi-square statistic for categorical variables.