Table 2.

Characteristics of the participants

Characteristic	Overall, N = 207	Men, N = 81	Women, N = 126	p-value
Age	76.7 (74.1 to 79.9)	77.4 (74.8 to 80.4)	76.3 (73.3 to 79.4)	0.072
Level of education
No studies	30 (14%)	12 (15%)	18 (14%)	0.598
Primary	107 (52%)	38 (47%)	69 (55%)
Secondary	46 (22%)	19 (23%)	27 (21%)
University	24 (12%)	12 (15%)	12 (9.5%)
Perceived health
Very good	31 (16%)	12 (16%)	19 (15%)	0.747
Good	100 (50%)	41 (54%)	59 (48%)
Fair	51 (26%)	18 (24%)	33 (27%)
Bad	13 (6.5%)	3 (3.9%)	10 (8.1%)
Very bad	4 (2.0%)	2 (2.6%)	2 (1.6%)
Unknown	8	5	3
Number of health problems	4.00 (2.00 to 5.00)	3.00 (2.00 to 5.00)	4.00 (2.00 to 6.00)	0.246
Charlson index	1.00 (0.00 to 2.00)	1.00 (0.00 to 2.00)	1.00 (0.00 to 1.00)	0.008
LSNS score	38 (31 to 45)	38 (31 to 44)	38 (31 to 45)	0.838
Unknown	6	4	2
Social isolation risk
Low	153 (76%)	58 (75%)	95 (77%)	0.960
Moderate	23 (11%)	10 (13%)	13 (10%)
High	17 (8.5%)	6 (7.8%)	11 (8.9%)
Isolated	8 (4.0%)	3 (3.9%)	5 (4.0%)
Unknown	6	4	2
JGLS score	2.00 (0.00 to 3.00)	2.00 (0.00 to 3.00)	2.00 (0.00 to 4.00)	0.723
Unknown	6	4	2
Degree of loneliness
Does not have any	127 (63%)	48 (62%)	79 (64%)	0.935
Moderate	70 (35%)	28 (36%)	42 (34%)
Severe	3 (1.5%)	1 (1.3%)	2 (1.6%)
Very severe	1 (0.5%)	0 (0%)	1 (0.8%)
Unknown	6	4	2

Continuous values expressed as median an interquartile rank. LSNS Lubben Social Network Scale, JGLS De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale