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Table 1 Demographic characteristics

From: Perspectives of older adults with a chronic condition on functioning, social participation and health: a qualitative study

Respondent

Gender

Age

Marital status

Reported health problems

Level of mobility

Residential situation

Living situation

1

female

80’s-90’s

widow

blood pressure, cardiac

restrictions on moving in- and outdoors

townhouse with stairs

living alone

2

male

80’s-90’s

widower

balance, vision

restrictions on moving in- and outdoors

townhouse with stairs

living alone

3

male

80’s-90’s

widower

memory

no restrictions on moving indoors; partial restrictions on moving outdoors

townhouse with stairs

living alone

4

female

100’s-110’s

widow

vision, falls, arthrosis

restrictions on moving in- and outdoors

townhouse with stairs

living alone (week); living with children (WE)

5

male

70’s-80’s

married

hernia

No restrictions on moving indoors; partial restrictions on moving outdoors

flat with elevator

living with wife

6

female

80’s-90’s

widow

normal aging diseases

no restrictions on moving indoors; no restrictions on moving outdoors

flat with elevator

living with partner

7

male

90’s-100’s

married

sleep, presbyacousis, mobility

no restrictions on moving indoors;

partial restrictions on moving outdoors

detached house with stairs

living with wife

8

male

90’s-100’s

married

vision (blind), arthrosis, mobility

restrictions on moving in- and outdoors

ground floor of townhouse

living with wife

9

female

70’s-80’s

widow

mobility

restrictions on moving in- and outdoors

townhouse with stairs/stairlift

living alone

10

female

60’s-70’s

widow

mobility, backache

restrictions on moving in- and outdoors

flat with elevator

living alone

11

female

80’s-90’s

widow

mobility, intestinal

No restrictions on moving indoors; partial restrictions on moving outdoors

townhouse with stairs

living alone

12

female

70’s-80’s

married

rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, dented vertebra

restrictions on moving in- and outdoors

detached house with stairs/stairlift

living with husband

13

female

60’s-70’s

married

arthrosis, heart rhythm, glaucoma

no restrictions on moving in- and outdoors

detached house with stairs

living with husband and sun with special needs

14

male

70’s-80’s

married

arthrosis, glaucoma

no restrictions on moving indoors;

partial restrictions on moving outdoors

Assisted flat with elevator

living alone, separately from his wife