From: Polypharmacy in the oldest old (≥80 years of age) patients in China: a cross-sectional study
Index | Stratification | Mean ± SD | n | % |
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Age (years) | 88.7 ± 6.5 | |||
Gender | Male | 152 | 58.9 | |
Female | 106 | 41.1 | ||
Marital status | Have spouse | 161 | 62.4 | |
No spouse | 97 | 37.6 | ||
Living status | Living alone | 16 | 6.2 | |
Living with spouse | 144 | 55.8 | ||
Living with housekeeper | 42 | 16.3 | ||
Living with offspring | 56 | 21.7 | ||
Medical expenses | Self-paid | 8 | 3.1 | |
Health insurance | 99 | 38.4 | ||
Publicly paid | 151 | 58.5 | ||
Health condition | Good | 29 | 11.2 | |
Moderate | 111 | 43.0 | ||
Poor | 118 | 45.7 | ||
Number of diagnosed diseases | 7.0 ± 2.3 |