Table 2. Clinical characteristics of older adults people in Bahir Dar city administration, northwest, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 423).
Variables | Categories | Frequency(n = 423) | Percent (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Cognitive impairments | Yes | 178 | 42.1 |
No | 245 | 57.9 | |
History of chronic medical illness | Yes | 216 | 51.1 |
No | 207 | 48.9 | |
Hypertension | Yes | 130 | 30.7 |
No | 87 | 20.6 | |
HIV/AIDS | Yes | 26 | 6.1 |
No | 192 | 45.4 | |
Cardiac | Yes | 25 | 5.9 |
No | 192 | 45.4 | |
Diabetes | Yes | 76 | 18.0 |
No | 141 | 33.3 | |
Others* | Yes | 11 | 2.6 |
No | 207 | 48.9 | |
Medication currently in use | Yes | 198 | 46.8 |
No | 225 | 53.2 | |
Family history of mental illness | Yes | 34 | 8.0 |
No | 389 | 92.0 | |
History of head trauma | Yes | 50 | 11.8 |
No | 373 | 88.2 | |
Nutritional status | Malnourished | 32 | 7.6 |
Risk | 165 | 39 | |
Normal | 226 | 53.4 |
Others*: Epilepsy.