Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the participants (n = 350)
Demographic characteristics | Overall |
|---|---|
Age, mean (SD) Gender, n (%) | 75.27 (7.87) |
 Male | 110 (31.4) |
 Female | 240 (68.6) |
Recruitment source, n (%) | |
 Long term care facility | 111 (31.7) |
 Community | 239 (68.3) |
Marital status, n (%) | |
 Married | 277 (79.1) |
 Not married (single, divorced, widowed and others) | 73 (20.9) |
 No. of children, mean (SD) | 2.62 (1.62) |
Education level, n (%) | |
 Illiterate | 96 (27.4) |
 Primary school education | 144 (41.1) |
 Secondary school education or above | 110 (31.4) |
Financial status, n (%) | |
 Economic independence | 61 (17.4) |
 Dependence on relatives | 74 (21.1) |
 Dependence on social endowment insurance | 215 (61.4) |
Religion, n (%) | |
 With religious belief | 112 (32.0) |
 Without religious belief | 238 (68.0) |
Previous occupational status, n (%) | |
 No working experience | 79 (22.6) |
 Housewife | 61 (17.4) |
 Self-employed | 32 (9.1) |
 Employed | 178 (50.9) |
No. of comorbidities, n (%) | |
 None | 113 (32.3) |
 1 | 155 (44.3) |
 2 | 64 (18.3) |
  ≥ 3 | 18 (5.1) |
Prescribed with drugs, n (%) | |
 Yes | 230 (65.7) |
 No | 120 (34.3) |
 No. of daily drugs taken, mean (SD) | 1.69 (2.04) |
Hospitalised in past one year, n (%) | |
 Yes | 61 (17.4) |
 No | 289 (82.6) |
GFI-C, n (%)* | |
 Non-frail | 133 (38) |
 Prefrail | 48 (13.7) |
 Frail | 169 (48.3) |
Fried’s frailty phenotype, n (%) | |
 Non-frail | 59 (16.9) |
 Prefrail | 147 (42) |
 Frail | 144 (41.1) |
Instrument, mean (SD) | |
 SBI (0-20) | 18.29 (4.38) |
 AMT (0-10) | 7.99 (3.04) |