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. 2022 Mar 30;7(1):6–25. doi: 10.25646/9570

Table 1.

Proportion of participants with and without help for existing ADL and IADL limitations by gender and age (weighted analyses)

Source: GEDA 2019/2020-EHIS

Women
Age group (years)
55–64 65–79 ≥80 Total
ADL limitation
   n 50 104 111 265
   Help received (%)   
(95% Cl)		 61.6
(42.4–77.8)		 56.1
(41.3–69.9)		 79.0
(64.9–88.4)		 68.1
(59.0–76.0)
   (More) help needed (%)   
(95% Cl)		 53.7
(35.2–71.2)		 50.2
(36.4–64.2)		 46.0
(32.6–60.0)		 48.8
(39.9–57.8)
IADL limitation
   n 160 308 310 778
   Help received (%)   
(95% Cl)		 79.3
(68.6–87.1)		 80.9
(72.0–87.5)		 90.6
(85.1–94.1)		 85.3
(81.1–88.8)
   (More) help needed (%)   
(95% Cl)		 55.7
(44.5–66.3)		 48.0
(39.6–56.6)		 36.0
(28.2–44.5)		 43.6
(38.3–49.1)
Men
Age group (years)
55–64 65–79 ≥80 Total
ADL limitation
   n 30 70 52 152
   Help received (%)   
(95% Cl)		 54.3
(28.4–78.1)		 61.7
(44.3–76.5)		 54.6
(32.2–75.3)		 57.5
(44.7–69.3)
   (More) help needed (%)   
(95% Cl)		 35.0
(15.4–61.4)		 54.0
(37.7–69.5)		 35.6
(18.3–57.8)		 43.2
(31.8–55.3)
IADL limitation
   n 105 160 147 412
   Help received (%)   
(95% Cl)		 66.7
(52.4–78.4)		 74.5
(62.3–83.8)		 77.5
(66.3–85.8)		 73.1
(66.1–79.1)
   (More) help needed (%)   
(95% Cl)		 48.6
(35.0–62.5)		 51.9
(30.9–63.6)		 33.1
(23.1–44.9)		 44.2
(37.1–51.6)
Total
Age group (years)
55–64 65–79 ≥80 Total
ADL limitation
   n 80 174 163 417
   Help received (%)   
(95% Cl)		 54.6
(38.3–70.0)		 57.6
(46.3–68.1)		 71.7
(58.8–81.8)		 63.1
(55.5–70.0)
   (More) help needed (%)   
(95% Cl)		 50.3
(34.5–66.0)		 51.0
(40.4–61.6)		 42.9
(31.7–54.8)		 47.4
(40.2–54.7)
IADL limitation
   n 265 468 457 1,190
   Help received (%)   
(95% Cl)		 74.3
(65.7–81.3)		 78.7
(71.8–84.3)		 87.1
(82.3–90.8)		 81.4
(77.8–84.5)
   (More) help needed (%)   
(95% Cl)		 27.9
(24.0–32.3)		 28.0
(24.7–31.5)		 29.2
(25.0–33.8)		 28.3
(26.1–30.7)

ADL = basic activities of daily living, IADL = instrumental activities of daily living, CI = confidence interval