Screening for pre-clinical disability in different residential settings

BMC Geriatrics

Table 1 Comparison of demographic and health characteristics between community and retirement village dwellers, Exercise for Independent Living Study, Australia

Demographic and health characteristic	Community (n = 366)		Retirement (n = 105)		test	df	p
Gender*#	n	%	n	%
Female	239	65.3	81	77.1	X² = 5.25	1	0.022
Age group*#
70-74	134	36.6	22	21.0
75-79	115	31.4	33	31.4
80-84	82	22.4	30	28.6
>85	35	9.6	20	19.1	X² = 13.63	3	0.003
Marital status#	.
Married	182	50	41	39.4
Single	15	4.1	7	6.7
Widowed/separated/divorced	167	45.9	56	53.9	X² = 4.15	2	0.126
Lives alone*#
Yes	154	42.7	67	64.4	X² = 15.34	1	0.000
Education*#
Primary/some secondary school	119	32.8	49	47.1
Secondary	72	19.8	20	19.2
Trade	46	12.7	10	9.6
College/university	126	34.7	25	24.0	X² = 8.11	3	0.044
SPHS#
Very good	179	50.0	40	39.2
Good	132	36.9	48	47.1
Poor	47	13.1	14	13.7	X² = 4.06	2	0.131
Hypertension#
Yes	197	54.6	54	51.4	X² = 0.32	1	0.500
Stroke#
Yes	26	7.1	8	7.7	X² = 0.36	1	0.800
Arthritis#
Yes	220	61.1	61	58.1	X² = 0.31	1	0.500
History of falls in past 12 months#
Yes	111	30.3	28	26.7	X² = 0.61	1	0.400
Hospital admissions in last month
Yes	18	5.1	3	3.1	X² = 0.7	1	0.400
Prescription meds#
Yes	336	93.3	95	92.2	X² = 0.15	1	0.700
Number of community services mean(sd)*#	0.41	0.7	0.65	0.9	D = 0.144		0.051
Height mean(sd)*#	1.62	0.1	1.59	0.1	t = 2.820	469	0.005
BMI mean(sd) #	27.82	4.4	27.54	4.5	t = 0.564	467	0.570
Number of medical conditions mean(sd) #	2.30	1.4	2.24	1.4	t = 0.366	469	0.700
Beck score mean(sd) #	7.27	5.9	8.18	6.4	t = -1.373	469	0.170

*p < 0.05, #=included in regression models, D = two-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test

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