Table 2 Characteristics of the participants

Age

76.7 (74.1 to 79.9)

77.4 (74.8 to 80.4)

76.3 (73.3 to 79.4)

0.072

Level of education

No studies

30 (14%)

12 (15%)

18 (14%)

0.598

Primary

107 (52%)

38 (47%)

69 (55%)

Secondary

46 (22%)

19 (23%)

27 (21%)

University

24 (12%)

12 (15%)

12 (9.5%)

Perceived health

Very good

31 (16%)

12 (16%)

19 (15%)

0.747

Good

100 (50%)

41 (54%)

59 (48%)

Fair

51 (26%)

18 (24%)

33 (27%)

Bad

13 (6.5%)

3 (3.9%)

10 (8.1%)

Very bad

4 (2.0%)

2 (2.6%)

2 (1.6%)

Unknown

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Number of health problems

4.00 (2.00 to 5.00)

3.00 (2.00 to 5.00)

4.00 (2.00 to 6.00)

0.246

Charlson index

1.00 (0.00 to 2.00)

1.00 (0.00 to 2.00)

1.00 (0.00 to 1.00)

0.008

LSNS score

38 (31 to 45)

38 (31 to 44)

38 (31 to 45)

0.838

Unknown

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Social isolation risk

Low

153 (76%)

58 (75%)

95 (77%)

0.960

Moderate

23 (11%)

10 (13%)

13 (10%)

High

17 (8.5%)

6 (7.8%)

11 (8.9%)

Isolated

8 (4.0%)

3 (3.9%)

5 (4.0%)

Unknown

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JGLS score

2.00 (0.00 to 3.00)

2.00 (0.00 to 3.00)

2.00 (0.00 to 4.00)

0.723

Unknown

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Degree of loneliness

Does not have any

127 (63%)

48 (62%)

79 (64%)

0.935

Moderate

70 (35%)

28 (36%)

42 (34%)

Severe

3 (1.5%)

1 (1.3%)

2 (1.6%)

Very severe

1 (0.5%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.8%)

Unknown

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