Table 1 Characteristics of the Study Sample (N = 144).
Frequency | Percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 50–80 years old | 29 | 20.1 |
≧81 years old | 115 | 79.9 | |
Marital Status | Unmarried | 48 | 33.3 |
Married | 58 | 40.3 | |
Widowed & divorce | 38 | 26.4 | |
Education | Illiterate | 13 | 9.0 |
1–9 years | 49 | 34.0 | |
≧10 years | 82 | 56.9 | |
Number of | zero | 11 | 7.6 |
Medication use | one | 35 | 24.3 |
two | 34 | 23.6 | |
three | 30 | 20.8 | |
four or more | 34 | 23.6 | |
No. of comorbidities | None | 4 | 2.8 |
1 disease | 32 | 22.2 | |
2 diseases | 49 | 34.0 | |
3 diseases | 29 | 20.1 | |
≧4 diseases | 30 | 20.8 | |
Physical disability | Fully independent | 83 | 57.6 |
Mild disability | 6 | 4.2 | |
Moderate disability | 27 | 18.8 | |
Severe disability | 18 | 12.5 | |
Total dependent | 10 | 6.9 | |
Cognitive status | Normal | 104 | 72.2 |
Mild impairment | 26 | 18.1 | |
Moderate impairment | 9 | 6.3 | |
Severe impairment | 5 | 3.5 | |
Incontinence | Continence | 112 | 77.8 |
Urinary only | 7 | 4.9 | |
Fecal only | 4 | 2.8 | |
Urinary& Fecal | 21 | 14.6 |
