Table 2.
Disease status and health behaviors of disabled elderly in different types of care.
| Variables | Total (n = 559) | Type of Care | p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-Care (n = 193) | Family-Care (n = 139) | Family-Care & Public-Care (n = 227) | |||
| Chronic disease | 0.10 | ||||
| yes | 261 (46.7) | 81 (42.0) | 62 (44.6) | 118 (52.0) | |
| no | 298 (53.3) | 112 (58.0) | 77 (55.4) | 109 (48.0) | |
| Number of diagnoses 1 | 1.0 (1.3) | 0.9 (1.2) | 1.0 (1.4) | 1.2 (1.5) | 0.03 |
| Main disease | |||||
| hypertension | 178 (31.8) | 56 (29.0) | 44 (31.7) | 78 (34.4) | 0.50 |
| diabetes | 81 (14.4) | 23 (11.9) | 16 (11.5) | 42 (18.5) | 0.08 |
| COPD 2 | 5 (0.8) | 2 (1.0) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (0.9) | 0.95 |
| chronic pneumonia | 4 (0.7) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (0.9) | 0.91 |
| chronic bronchitis | 31 (5.5) | 9 (4.7) | 13 (9.4) | 9 (4.0) | 0.07 |
| CHD 3 | 40 (7.1) | 11 (5.7) | 11 (7.9) | 18 (7.9) | 0.63 |
| cerebral hemorrhage | 6 (1.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.7) | 5 (2.2) | 0.08 |
| cerebral infarction | 43 (7.6) | 10 (5.2) | 7 (5.0) | 26 (11.5) | 0.02 |
| cataract | 52 (9.3) | 12 (6.2) | 19 (13.7) | 21 (9.3) | 0.07 |
| glaucoma | 7 (1.2) | 2 (1.0) | 3 (2.2) | 2 (0.9) | 0.54 |
| arthritis | 41 (7.3) | 12 (6.2) | 6 (4.3) | 23 (10.1) | 0.09 |
| rheumatism | 17 (3.0) | 1 (0.5) | 7 (5.0) | 9 (4.0) | 0.03 |
| advanced tumor | 10 (1.7) | 2 (1.0) | 1 (0.7) | 7 (3.1) | 0.16 |
| Smoking | 0.009 | ||||
| yes | 87 (15.6) | 42 (21.8) | 20 (14.4) | 25 (11.0) | |
| no | 472 (84.4) | 151 (78.2) | 119 (85.6) | 202 (89.0) | |
| Drinking | 0.016 | ||||
| yes | 68 (12.2) | 34 (17.6) | 14 (10.1) | 20 (8.8) | |
| no | 491 (87.8) | 159 (82.4) | 125 (89.9) | 207 (91.2) | |
| Taking exercise | 0.001 | ||||
| yes | 182 (32.6) | 82 (42.5) | 39 (28.1) | 61 (26.9) | |
| no | 377 (67.4) | 111 (57.5) | 100 (71.9) | 166 (73.1) | |
1 The data in this marked part are presented as mean (SD), and the others as frequencies (%). 2 COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 3 CHD: coronary heart disease.