Table 2 Characteristics of older adults
Older adults | Demographic characteristics | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Age | Marriage | Education | Residence | Occupation | Hospitalization during the past 3 months | Family life | The number of chronic diseases | Diagnosis with chronic diseases | Chronic diseases | |
OA1 | Female | 82 | Widowed | Illiterate | Urban | Household | Yes | With children | 2 | 1 to 5 year | Kidney disease and bone marrow cancer |
OA2 | Female | 80 | Widowed | Illiterate | Urban | Household | No | With children | 3 or more | Over 10 years | Diabetes, hypertension, and stroke |
OA3 | Female | 74 | Widowed | Illiterate | Urban | Household | Yes | With children | 2 | Over 10 years | Diabetes and hypertension |
OA4 | Male | 66 | Married | Undergraduate | Urban | Retired | No | With wife and children | 3 or more | Over 10 years | Diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease |
OA5 | Female | 62 | Widowed | Illiterate | Urban | Household | Yes | With children | 3 or more | Over 10 years | Diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular, kidney, and pulmonary disease |
OA6 | Male | 62 | Married | Diploma | Urban | Retired | Yes | With wife and children | 3 or more | Over 10 years | Diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular and kidney disease |
OA7 | Female | 62 | Widowed | Undergraduate | Urban | Household | Yes | With children | 3 or more | Over 10 years | Diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease |
OA8 | Male | 84 | Married | Undergraduate | Urban | Retired | No | With wife | 3 or more | 1 to 5 year | Cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer, and Parkinson |
OA9 | Male | 71 | Married | Illiterate | Urban | Retired | Yes | With wife and children | 3 or more | 1 to 5 year | Diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular and kidney disease |
OA10 | Male | 67 | Married | Illiterate | Urban | Retired | No | With wife and children | 3 or more | Over 10 years | Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hepatitis, Parkinson |
OA11 | Female | 68 | Married | Illiterate | Urban | Household | Yes | With wife | 2 | Over 10 years | Diabetes and hypertension |
OA12 | Male | 80 | Married | Undergraduate | Urban | Retired | Yes | Alone | 3 or more | 1 to 5 year | Diabetes, hypertension, stroke, and gastric cancer |
OA13 | Male | 61 | Married | Diploma | Urban | Retired | Yes | With wife and children | 2 | 1 to 5 year | Diabetes and hypertension |