Table 1.
Sociodemographic and health characteristics of sample (n = 954)
| Age | ||
| Mean (SD) | 72.1 | 6.4 |
| Min–max | 65 | 94 |
| Gender N (%) | N | % |
| Man | 224 | 23.5 |
| Women | 730 | 76.5 |
| Marital status N (%) | ||
| Single | 30 | 3.1 |
| Married | 474 | 49.7 |
| Divorced | 147 | 15.4 |
| Widow | 303 | 31.8 |
| Employment N (%) | ||
| Full time job | 46 | 4.8 |
| Part-time job | 120 | 12.6 |
| No job | 788 | 82.6 |
| Living with | ||
| Alone | 378 | 39.6 |
| Spouse | 468 | 49.1 |
| Children | 71 | 7.4 |
| Another | 37 | 3.9 |
| Illnesses | ||
| Cardiovascular (yes) | 583 | 61.1 |
| Oncological (yes) | 75 | 7.9 |
| Diabetic (yes) | 186 | 19.5 |
| Endocrinology (yes) | 173 | 18.1 |
| Respiratory (yes) | 140 | 14.7 |
| Gynecological (yes) | 32 | 3.4 |
| Urological (yes) | 165 | 17.3 |
| Sensory (yes) | 275 | 28.8 |
| Musculoskeletal (yes) | 467 | 48.9 |
| Neurological (yes) | 99 | 10.4 |
| Mental health problem (yes) | 73 | 7.6 |
| Mean | SD | |
| Number of disease/1 person | 2.4 | 1.6 |
| Subjective health assessment | N | % |
| Very good | 19 | 2.0 |
| Good | 101 | 10.6 |
| Fair | 571 | 59.8 |
| Poor | 263 | 27.6 |