From: Quality of life in elderly people at the start of using in-home care
Factor | Comparison group | Frequency | Percentage | Mediana | Inter- quartile rangea | Mean rank | Significance probability (P) |
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Sex (a) | Female | 121 | 60.5 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 105.3 | 0.141 |
Male | 79 | 39.5 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 93.1 | ||
Disease category (b) | Musculoskeletal system | 31 | 15.5 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 105.85 | 0.282 |
Nerve system | 64 | 32.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 93.70 | ||
Cardiopulmonary disease | 25 | 12.5 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 82.18 | ||
Trauma | 33 | 16.5 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 106.76 | ||
Systemic disease | 25 | 12.5 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 106.82 | ||
Immune disease | 22 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 5.3 | 117.00 | ||
Treatment history (a) | Hospital discharge → In-home care | 96 | 48.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 74.4 | 0.001*** |
Hospital visit → In-home care | 104 | 52.0 | 10.0 | 3.8 | 124.6 | ||
Job type (b) | Clerical work | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 4.3 | 88.18 | 0.001*** |
Sales | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 5.0 | 125.92 | ||
Specialist job/engineer | 34 | 17.0 | 8 | 3.3 | 87.79 | ||
Service | 4 | 2.0 | 9 | 4 | 102.00 | ||
Agriculture/forestry/fishery | 48 | 24.0 | 10.5 | 4 | 124.57 | ||
Production process/labor services | 35 | 17.5 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 64.93 | ||
Transportation/communication | 9 | 4.5 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 104.56 | ||
Other | 37 | 18.5 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 105.05 | ||
Hobby (a) | Have hobbies | 111 | 55.5 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 94.2 | 0.085 |
No hobbies | 89 | 44.5 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 108.3 | ||
Religious (a) | Yes | 119 | 59.5 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 96.2 | 0.204 |
No | 81 | 40.5 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 106.8 | ||
Family structure (b) | Single/living alone | 59 | 29.5 | 9 | 5 | 107.23 | 0.009** |
Married couple | 77 | 38.5 | 8 | 3 | 92.86 | ||
Two generations | 32 | 16.0 | 8 | 3.8 | 81.36 | ||
Three generations | 32 | 16.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 125.61 |