Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of older adults
Total | |
|---|---|
Number of older adults, n | 308 |
Age (in years), median (IQR) | 68 (64–74) |
Sex, Female (%) | 219 (71.1) |
Height (cm), median (IQR) | 160 (156–165) |
Weight (kg), median (IQR) | 62 (55–70) |
Length of onset of disease (month), median (IQR) | 36 (9–120) |
Number of drugs, median (IQR) | 10 (8–12) |
Length of hospitalization (in days), median (IQR) | 22 (15–30) |
Number of readmissions, median (IQR) | 1 (1–2) |
Number of medical diagnoses, median (IQR) | 3 (2–5) |
Education level, n (%) | |
Illiteracy | 114 (37.0) |
Elementary or junior elementary school | 82 (26.6) |
Junior high school | 60 (19.5) |
High school or technical secondary school | 32 (10.4) |
College or university | 20 (6.5) |
Marital status, n (%) | |
Unmarried | 4 (1.3) |
Married | 269 (87.3) |
Divorced | 30 (9.7) |
Widowed | 5 (1.7) |
Occupation, n (%) | |
Unemployed | 192 (62.3) |
Retired | 87 (28.2) |
Farming | 22 (7.1) |
Others | 7 (2.4) |
Smokers, n (%) | 14 (4.5) |
Drinkers, n (%) | 14 (4.5) |
Major diagnosis, n (%) | |
Depressive disorder | 178 (57.8) |
Organic mental disorder | 35 (11.4) |
Schizophrenia | 25 (8.1) |
Bipolar disorder | 15 (4.9) |
Alzheimer’s disease | 14 (4.5) |
Dissociative [conversion] disorder | 6 (1.9) |
Somatoform disorder | 6 (1.9) |
Others | 29 (9.5) |