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Table 3 Perceived changes in behavior and QOL among 1850 participants. Shown are perceived changes reported at questionnaire completion (questionnaire return May 13th to Aug 26th, 2020) to before Feb 1st, 2020. Sensitivity analyses restricting to the 1734 immediate responders (return until June 12th, 2020) showed the same (Supplementary Table 4)

From: Changes in healthcare seeking and lifestyle in old aged individuals during COVID-19 lockdown in Germany: the population-based AugUR study

Perceived changes

(now vs. before pandemic)

Overalla

n = 1850

Women

n = 972

Men

n = 878

Age 73-79

at survey

n = 829

Age 80+

at survey

n = 1021

Refraining from medical cons.

 No % (n)

71.1 (1213)

68.0 (598)

74.5 (615)

71.7 (562)

70.7 (651)

 Yes, % (n)

28.9 (492)

32.0 (282)

25.5 (210)

28.3 (222)

29.3 (270)

  Rescheduling, % (n)

21.5 (367)

23.1 (203)

19.9 (164)

22.4 (176)

20.7 (191)

  Despite acute need, % (n)

0.9 (16)

1.1 (10)

0.7 (6)

0.9 (7)

1.0 (9)

  Despite regular, % (n)

6.4 (109)

7.8 (69)

4.8 (40)

5.0 (39)

7.6 (70)

Using public transport

 Less, % (n)

555 (33.1)

350 (40.1)

205 (25.5)

246 (32.0)

309 (34.0)

 Same, % (n)

1068 (63.7)

487 (55.8)

581 (72.2)

501 (65.1)

567 (62.4)

 More, % (n)

54 (3.2)

35 (4.0)

19 (2.4)

22 (2.9)

32 (3.5)

Doing errands

 Less, % (n)

754 (41.8)

473 (49.9)

281 (32.9)

344 (42.6)

410 (41.2)

 Same, % (n)

1025 (56.8)

466 (49.2)

559 (65.4)

451 (55.8)

574 (57.7)

 More, % (n)

24 (1.3)

9 (0.9)

15 (1.8)

13 (1.6)

11 (1.1)

Getting food delivered

 Less, % (n)

9 (0.5)

6 (0.7)

3 (0.4)

3 (0.4)

6 (0.7)

 Same, % (n)

1190 (70.7)

569 (66.1)

621 (75.5)

559 (72.8)

631 (68.9)

 More, % (n)

485 (28.8)

286 (33.2)

199 (24.2)

206 (26.8)

279 (30.5)

Physical activityb

 Less, % (n)

25.8 (456)

30.5 (281)

20.7 (175)

25.0 (200)

26.5 (256)

 Same, % (n)

72.1 (1273)

67.4 (620)

77.2 (653)

72.3 (579)

71.9 (694)

 More, % (n)

2.1 (37)

2.1 (19)

2.1 (18)

2.7 (22)

1.6 (15)

TV consumption

 More, % (n)

14.0 (259)

18.0 (169)

10.6 (90)

16.0 (129)

13.3 (130)

 Same, % (n)

81.0 (1498)

80.6 (755)

87.3 (743)

82.5 (666)

84.8 (832)

 Less, % (n)

1.7 (31)

1.4 (13)

2.1 (18)

1.5 (12)

1.9 (19)

Smokingc

 More, % (n)

7.4 (4)

10.7 (3)

3.8 (1)

11.8 (4)

0.0 (0)

 Same, % (n)

81.5 (44)

78.6 (22)

84.6 (22)

73.5 (25)

95.0 (19)

 Less, % (n)

11.1 (6)

10.7 (3)

11.5 (3)

14.7 (5)

5.0 (1)

Alcohol consumptiond

 More, % (n)

2.3 (39)

2.3 (16)

3.1 (23)

2.9 (19)

2.6 (20)

 Same, % (n)

94.8 (1350)

95.9 (661)

93.7 (689)

93.8 (618)

95.7 (732)

 Less, % (n)

2.0 (35)

1.7 (12)

3.1 (23)

3.3 (22)

1.7 (13)

Perceived QOL

 Worse, % (n)

38.3 (668)

40.7 (370)

35.6 (298)

39.7 (316)

37.1 (352)

 Same, % (n)

61.4 (1072)

59.0 (536)

64.1 (536)

60.1 (478)

62.6 (594)

 Better, % (n)

0.3 (5)

0.3 (3)

0.2 (2)

0.3 (2)

0.3 (3)

  1. atotal n is slightly different for each variable (n = sum of the respective rows to compute proportions). bIncluding bicycling, gardening, walking. cAmong current smoker as per survey (n = 54), defined as currently smoking ≥1 cigarette per day. dFor individuals with any alcohol consumption during the last 12 months (as per survey, n = 1424)