Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of the study variables
| Variable | Respondent groups | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential care facility (RCF) (n = 27,872) |
Home care service (HCS) (n = 82,834) |
|
| Dependent variables | Percentage (counts in parenthesis) | Percentage (counts in parenthesis) |
| Anxiety | ||
|
3 = Yes, severely 2 = Yes, slight 1 = No |
12% (3,316) 51% (13,869) 37% (9,952) |
6% (5,096) 41% (32,972) 53% (43, 461) |
| Loneliness | ||
|
1 = Yes, often 2 = Yes, sometimes 3 = No |
19% (4,696) 50% (12,171) 30% (7,356) |
13% (9,738) 40% (31,019) 47% (36,901) |
| Independent variables | ||
| Proportion of respondents aged older than 80 years | 80% (count = 22,208, mean age: 87 years) | 71% (count = 58,677, mean age: 84 years) |
| Proportion of females | 68% (18,871) | 65% (53,932) |
| Prevalence of dementia | 21% (5,739) | 8% (6,232) |
| Self-rated health: Poor or worse | 31% (8,622) | 22% (17,869) |
| Household status: Living alone | - | 74% (59,717) |
| Disrespect (exposure %) | 24% (6,172) | 16% (12,700) |
| Mobility: Unable to move unaided or great difficulty in moving | 82% (22,677) | 72% (58,692) |
| Proxy response | 64% (17,565) | 31% (23,995) |
| Respondents from three major regions, Stockholm, Skåne and Västra Götaland (% of total in 21 regions) | 47% (13,007) | 49% (40,595) |
Note: The difference between the sample size (n) and the sum of the counts of the response alternatives gives the frequency of item non-response. For example, for “Anxiety” among RCF respondents, 27,872-(3316 + 13,869 + 9952) = 735 shows 735 missing observations this variable. The percentages, and the means are calculated based on the non-missing observations in the respective variable, e.g. for Anxiety (3 = Yes, severely) in RCF, 3316/(3316 + 13,869 + 9952) = 0.1222 which is rounded to 12%