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. 2022 May 20;22:444. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03100-9

Table 2.

Implementation of housing adaptations, by functional limitations

Functional limitation Total n (%) Implemented n (%) Not Implemented n (%) p-value
Cognitive function
 Independent 4797 (46.2) 874 (53.9) 3923 (44.8)  < 0.001
 Rank I 4688 (45.2) 664 (40.9) 4024 (46.0)
 Rank IIa or worse 887 (8.6) 84 (5.2) 803 (9.2)
Visual impairment
 Intact 8514 (82.1) 1373 (84.6) 7141 (81.6) 0.003
 Visually impaired 1858 (17.9) 249 (15.4) 1609 (18.4)
Hearing impairment
 Intact 6731 (64.9) 1083 (66.8) 5648 (64.5) 0.085
 Hearing impaired 3641 (35.1) 539 (33.2) 3102 (35.5)
Poor balance
 Can keep standing without any support 1619 (15.6) 147 (9.1) 1472 (16.8)  < 0.001
 Can keep standing with some support 8297 (80.0) 1367 (84.3) 6930 (79.2)
 Cannot keep standing 456 (4.4) 108 (6.7) 348 (4.0)
Upper extremity impairment
 Intact 9489 (91.5) 1474 (90.9) 8015 (91.6) 0.337
 Upper extremity impaired 883 (8.5) 148 (9.1) 735 (8.4)
Lower extremity impairment
 Intact 6893 (66.5) 951 (58.6) 5942 (67.9)  < 0.001
 Lower extremity impaired 3479 (33.5) 671 (41.4) 2808 (32.1)

χ2 test. Significant p-values are bolded