Gender differences in functional disability and self-care among seniors in Bangladesh

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Chronic conditions and disability status of older adults in Bangladesh

	Male (n = 2145)	Female (n = 2031)	Total (N = 4176)
	%	%	%
Suffering from at least one chronic condition
No	61.35	62.63	61.97
Yes	38.65	37.37	38.03
Chi-square value ( p -value)	0.72 (0.40)
Seeing difficulty
Moderate	24.38	31.12	27.66
Severe	4.24	4.58	4.41
Extreme	0.23	0.59	0.41
Chi-square value ( p -value)	29.19 (0.00)
Hearing difficulty
Moderate	9.00	11.72	10.32
Severe	2.00	2.31	2.16
Extreme	0.19	0.34	0.26
Chi-square value ( p -value)	10.15 (0.02)
Walking difficulty
Moderate	11.33	14.13	12.69
Severe	3.50	3.35	3.42
Extreme	0.23	0.54	0.38
Chi-square value ( p -value)	10.21 (0.02)
Remembering difficulty
Moderate	6.25	7.68	6.94
Severe	1.31	1.67	1.48
Extreme	0.19	0.44	0.31
Chi-square value ( p -value)	6.74 (0.08)
Self-care difficulty
Moderate	2.42	5.61	3.98
Severe	2.05	2.26	2.16
Extreme	0.19	0.59	0.38
Chi-square value ( p -value)	32.98 (0.00)
Communication difficulty
Moderate	2.47	3.55	2.99
Severe	0.89	1.38	1.13
Extreme	0.09	0.44	0.26
Chi-square value ( p -value)	11.52 (0.01)
Functional disability
Moderate	33.47	41.70	37.48
Severe	5.13	4.04	4.6
Extreme	0.23	0.34	0.29
Chi-square value ( p -value)	31.52 (0.00)
General disability
Moderate	33.61	42.10	37.74
Severe	5.03	3.89	4.48
Extreme	0.23	0.30	0.26
Chi-square value ( p -value)	33.04 (0.00)

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