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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the subjects

From: A novel Longshi Scale measured activity of daily living disability in elderly patients affected by neurological diseases: a multi-center cross-sectional study in China

Variables

Bedridden group(n = 959)

Domestic group(n = 644)

Community group(n = 835)

Total(n = 2438)

Female, n(%)

475(49.5)

299(46.4)

421(50.4)

1195(49.0)

Age (Mean ± SD)

78.40 ± 8.10

75.55 ± 7.09

71.78 ± 5.75

75.38 ± 7.64

Profession

  Civil servanta, n(%)

91(9.5)

57(8.9)

38(4.6)

186(7.6)

  Workerb, n(%)

354(36.9)

141(21.9)

150(18.0)

645(26.5)

  Farmerc, n(%)

232(24.2)

308(47.8)

546(65.4)

1086(44.5)

  Others, n(%)

282(29.4)

138(21.4)

101(12.1)

521(21.3)

Marital status

  Single, n(%)

3(0.3)

7(1.1)

3(0.4)

13(0.5)

  Married, n(%)

792(82.6)

565(87.7)

795(95.2)

2152(88.3)

  Divorced, n(%)

8(0.8)

3(0.5)

5(0.6)

16(0.7)

  Widowed, n(%)

156(16.3)

69(10.7)

32(3.8)

257(10.5)

Education level

  Primary School or below, n(%)

331(34.5)

346(53.7)

588(70.4)

1265(51.9)

  Middle school, n(%)

245(25.5)

117(18.2)

122(14.6)

484(19.9)

  High school

248(25.9)

100(15.5)

71(8.5)

419(17.2)

  College or above, n(%)

99(10.3)

62(9.6)

42(5.0)

203(8.4)

  Others, n(%)

36(3.8)

19(3.0)

12(1.4)

67(2.7)

Family income

  < 50,000 yuan, n(%)

265(27.6)

313(48.6)

528(63.2)

1106(45.4)

  50,000-100,000 yuan, n(%)

332(34.6)

171(26.6)

188(22.5)

691(28.3)

  100,000-150,000 yuan, n(%)

237(24.7)

111(17.2)

77(9.2)

425(17.4)

  150,000-200,000 yuan, n(%)

70(7.3)

32(5.0)

26(3.1)

128(5.3)

  > 200,000 yuan, n (%)

55(5.7)

17(2.6)

16(1.9)

88(3.6)

Diagnosis

  Cerebral hemorrhage, n(%)

139(14.5)

41(6.4)

10(1.2)

190(7.8)

  Cerebral infarction, n(%)

556(58.0)

309(48.0)

176(21.1)

1041(42.7)

  Spinal or osteoarticular disease, n(%)

102(10.6)

183(28.4)

488(58.4)

773(31.7)

  Others, n(%)

162(16.9)

111(17.2)

161(19.3)

434(17.8)

Hypertension, n(%)

660(68.8)

356(55.3)

660(79.0)

1274(52.3)

Diabetes, n(%)

260(27.1)

116(18.0)

100(12.0)

476(19.5)

Hyperlipidemia, n(%)

61(6.4)

30(4.7)

40(4.8)

131(5.4)

Heart disease, n(%)

277(28.9)

106(16.5)

85(10.2)

468(19.2)

  1. Civil servanta: Professional, commercial or technical employee of a state agency
  2. Workerb: Service, production, transportation and some manual works
  3. Farmerc: Agricultural, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery works
  4. Others: workers not otherwise classified