Table 2.
Crosstab between sensory impairment and use of aids
| n (%) | Visual aids | P-value | |||
| Visual Impairmenta | Yes | No | < 0.001 | ||
| Yes | 55 (2.5) | 333 (14.9) | |||
| No | 558 (25.0) | 1,287 (57.6) | |||
| n (%) | Hearing aids | ||||
| Hearing Impairmentb | Present and used | Present and not used regularly | No/not using | < 0.001 | |
| Yes | 43 (1.9) | 51 (2.3) | 787 (35.2) | ||
| No | 5 (0.2) | 5 (0.2) | 1,342 (60.1) | ||
aVisual impairment was measured by a 5−point scale from MDS−RAI 2.0, with a score of 0–1 indicating no visual impairment
bHearing impairment was measured by a 4−point scale from MDS−RAI2.0, with a score of 0 indicating no hearing impairment