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Table 1 Demographics of the participants and dependence situation

From: Shifting between self-governing and being governed: a qualitative study of older persons’ self-determination

Participant

Gender

Age

Marital status

Dependent in1

Help offered by

Degree of frailty2

1

Male

87

Married

P-ADL/I-ADL

Relatives/privately

4 (Frail)

(Cleaning, partly)

(Privately)

(Transportation)

(Relatives)

(Transfer, partly)

(Relatives)

2

Male

90

Widower

I-ADL

Home care service

2 (Pre-frail)

(Laundry)

3

Female

89

Single

P-ADL/I-ADL

Home care service

4 (Frail)

(Laundry)

(Cleaning)

(Transportation)

(Bathing)

4

Female

95

Widow

I-ADL

Privately

4 (Frail)

(Cleaning)

5

Female

84

Married

I-ADL

Relatives/privately

1 (Pre-frail)

(Cleaning)

(Privately)

(Shopping, partly)

(Relatives)

6

Female

90

Single

I-ADL

Privately

3 (Frail)

(Cleaning)

7

Male

92

Widower

I-ADL

Relatives/home care service

1 (Pre-frail)

(Cleaning)

(Home care service)

(Shopping, partly)

(Relatives)

8

Male

91

Widower

I-ADL

Home care service

0 (non-frail)

(Laundry)

 

(Cleaning)

9

Female

89

Single

P-ADL/I-ADL

Home care service

2 (Pre-frail)

(Laundry)

(Cleaning)

(Bathing, partly)

10

Female

86

Widow

I-ADL

Privately

2 (Pre-frail)

(Cleaning)

11

Male

87

Married

I-ADL

Home care service

1 (Pre-frail)

    

(Cleaning)

  
  1. 1P-ADL = Personal Activities of Daily Living, I-ADL = Instrumental Activities of Daily Living.
  2. 2Frailty measured with the following frailty indicators: weakness, fatigue, weight loss, physical activity, poor balance, slow gait speed, visual impairment and cognition categorized into non-frail (0 indicators), pre-frail (1–2 indicators) and frail (3 or more indicators).