| Withdraw (n = 60) | Case (n = 57) | χ2, df, P value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
n / % | n / % | |||
Age (mean, SD, median, range) |  | 75.34, 8.057, 75.00, 60–95 | 74.56, 8.089, 74.00, 60–90 | U = 1550, p = 0.467+ |
Gender | Male | 15 / 25.4 | 8 / 14.0 | χ2 = 2.365, df = 1, |
Female | 44 / 74.6 | 49 / 86.0 | p = 0.124 | |
Education level | No education | 17 / 29.8 | 20 / 36.4 | χ2 = 0.995, df = 2, |
Primary | 27 / 47.4 | 21 / 38.2 | p = 0.608 | |
Secondary & tertiary | 13 / 22.8 | 14 / 25.5 | Â | |
Religion | None | 25 / 52.1 | 20 / 37.0 | χ2 = 2.510, df = 2, |
Christianity & Catholicism | 8 / 16.7 | 10 / 18.5 | p = 0.285 | |
Oriental religions | 15 / 31.3 | 24 / 44.4 | Â | |
Marital status | Not married | 37 / 63.8 | 32 / 56.1 | χ2 = 0.702, df = 1, |
Married | 21 / 36.2 | 25 / 43.9 | p = 0.402 | |
Employment status | Retired | 34 / 57.6 | 25 / 43.9 | χ2 = 4.124, df = 3, |
Blue collar | 12 / 20.3 | 14 / 24.6 | p = 0.248 | |
White collar | 9 / 15.3 | 8 / 14.0 | Â | |
Others | 4 / 6.8 | 10 / 17.5 | Â | |
Income | Without | 22 / 39.3 | 26 / 46.4 | χ2 = 0.583, df = 1, |
With | 34 / 60.7 | 30 / 53.6 | p = 0.445 | |
ADL difficulty | No difficulty | 50/ 87.7 | 45 / 78.9 | χ2 = 1.579, df = 1, |
 |  |  | p = 0.209 | |
Frequency of meeting with close relatives | <  1 / month | 19 / 32.8 | 19 / 33.3 | χ2 = 10.094, |
1 / month | 10 / 17.2 | 16 / 28.1 | df = 5, p = 0.073 | |
>  1 / month | 10 / 17.2 | 7 / 12.3 |  | |
1 / week | 2 / 3.4 | 8 / 14.0 | Â | |
>  1 / week | 7 / 12.1 | 4 / 5.5 |  | |
Daily | 10 / 17.2 | 3 / 5.3 | Â | |
Frequency of meeting with close friends | <  1 / month | 12 / 20.3 | 12 / 21.1 | χ2 = 8.110, df = 5, |
1 / month | 5 / 8.5 | 6 / 10.5 | p = 0.150 | |
>  1 / month | 10 / 16.9 | 2 / 3.5 |  | |
1 / week | 10 / 16.9 | 6 / 10.5 | Â | |
>  1 / week | 10 / 16.9 | 16 / 28.1 |  | |
Daily | 12 / 20.3 | 15 / 26.3 | Â | |
Satisfaction about general support | Unsatisfied/Neutral | 8 / 13.6 | 19 / 33.3 | χ2 = 6.348, df = 1, |
Satisfied | 51 / 86.4 | 38 / 66.7 | p = 0.012 | |
BI at T0 (mean, SD, median, range) | 19.63, 1.272, 20.00, 11–20 | 19.74, 0.835, 20.00, 15–20 | U = 1630.000, p = 0.651+ | |
GDS at T0 (mean, SD, median, range) | 3.00, 2.181, 2.00, 0–7 | 3.23, 2.236, 3.00, 0–7 | U = 1588.500, p = 0.603+ | |
Life Events at T0 (mean, SD, median, range) | 1.00, 1.000, 1.00, 0–4 | 1.02, 0.876, 1.00, 0–4 | U = 1610.000, p = 0.671+ | |
Life Satisfaction at T0 (mean, SD, median, range) | 11.83, 3.425, 13.00, 3–16 | 12.05, 3.125, 13.00, 3–17 | U = 1656.500, p = 0889+ | |
Self Esteem at T0 (mean, SD, median, range) | 7.20, 2.538, 8.00, 0–10 | 7.25, 2.029, 8.00, 1–10 | U = 1590.500, p = 0.610+ | |
GHQ at T0 (mean, SD, median, range) | 23.03, 6.948, 21.00, 12–48 | 22.28, 7.632, 22.00, 9–45 | U = 1519.000, p = 0.368+ |