Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of the participants (n = 350)
| Demographic characteristics | Overall |
|---|---|
|
Age, mean (SD) Gender, n (%) |
75.27 (7.87) |
| Male | 110 (31.4) |
| Female | 240 (68.6) |
| Recruitment source, n (%) | |
| Long term care facility | 111 (31.7) |
| Community | 239 (68.3) |
| Marital status, n (%) | |
| Married | 277 (79.1) |
| Not married (single, divorced, widowed and others) | 73 (20.9) |
| No. of children, mean (SD) | 2.62 (1.62) |
| Education level, n (%) | |
| Illiterate | 96 (27.4) |
| Primary school education | 144 (41.1) |
| Secondary school education or above | 110 (31.4) |
| Financial status, n (%) | |
| Economic independence | 61 (17.4) |
| Dependence on relatives | 74 (21.1) |
| Dependence on social endowment insurance | 215 (61.4) |
| Religion, n (%) | |
| With religious belief | 112 (32.0) |
| Without religious belief | 238 (68.0) |
| Previous occupational status, n (%) | |
| No working experience | 79 (22.6) |
| Housewife | 61 (17.4) |
| Self-employed | 32 (9.1) |
| Employed | 178 (50.9) |
| No. of comorbidities, n (%) | |
| None | 113 (32.3) |
| 1 | 155 (44.3) |
| 2 | 64 (18.3) |
| ≥ 3 | 18 (5.1) |
| Prescribed with drugs, n (%) | |
| Yes | 230 (65.7) |
| No | 120 (34.3) |
| No. of daily drugs taken, mean (SD) | 1.69 (2.04) |
| Hospitalised in past one year, n (%) | |
| Yes | 61 (17.4) |
| No | 289 (82.6) |
| GFI-C, n (%)* | |
| Non-frail | 133 (38) |
| Prefrail | 48 (13.7) |
| Frail | 169 (48.3) |
| Fried’s frailty phenotype, n (%) | |
| Non-frail | 59 (16.9) |
| Prefrail | 147 (42) |
| Frail | 144 (41.1) |
| Instrument, mean (SD) | |
| SBI (0-20) | 18.29 (4.38) |
| AMT (0-10) | 7.99 (3.04) |
AMT Abbreviated Mental Test, SBI Simplified Barthel Index, SD Standard Deviation, *The categories were based on the current results of diagnosis accuracy testing