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Table 2 Type, age (decade), and sex of participants

From: Knowledge, perceptions, and experiences of family caregivers and home care providers of physical restraint use with home-dwelling elders: a cross-sectional study in Japan

 

Family caregiver

Home care provider

Home helper

Visiting nurse

Visiting physician

Care manager

 

n = 494

n = 568

n = 201

n = 78

n = 131

n = 158

Age, n (%)

  20s

0 (0)

5 (0.9)

2 (1.0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (1.9)

  30s

17 (3.6)

99 (17.6)

28 (14.2)

27 (34.6)

4 (3.1)

40 (25.5)

  40s

41 (8.6)

167 (29.7)

54 (27.4)

38 (48.7)

24 (18.5)

51 (32.5)

  50s

157 (32.9)

204 (36.3)

85 (43.1)

12 (15.4)

58 (44.6)

49 (31.2)

  60s

142 (29.8)

66 (11.7)

26 (13.2)

1 (1.3)

25 (19.2)

14 (8.9)

  70s

88 (18.4)

21 (3.7)

2 (1.0)

0 (0)

19 (14.6)

0 (0)

  ≥80s

32 (6.7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Sex, n (%)

  Female

367 (77.8)

358 (79.6)

164 (96.5)

60 (93.8)

13 (15.1)

121 (93.1)

  Male

105 (22.2)

92 (20.4)

6 (3.5)

4 (6.3)

73 (84.9)

9 (6.9)

  1. Note. Due to missing data, the sum of participants in age or sex subgroups within each group is smaller than the total number of those within each group.