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Table 1 Sample of Descriptives and Demography

From: Prevalence of pain and its associated factors among the oldest-olds in different care settings – results of the AgeQualiDe study

 

All N (%)

No Pain N (%)

Mild Pain N (%)

Moderate Pain N(%)

Severe Pain N(%)

Pearson □2

Participants (N)

738

273 (37.0)

195 (26.4)

191 (25.9)

79 (10.7)

 

Gender

2 [3]= 19.47 p = <.001

 Male

240 (32.5)

102 (37.4)

77 (39.5)

42 (22.0)

19 (24.1)

 Female

498 (67.5)

171 (62.6)

118 (60.5)

149 (78.0)

60 (75.9)

Age (y), M (SD)

88.8 (3.0)

    

2 [3] = 9.18 p = .027

 ≤ 89

476 (64.5)

163 (59.7)

134 (68.7)

119 (62.3)

60 (75.9)

 ≥ 90

262 (35.5)

110 (40.3)

61 (31.3)

72 (37.7)

19 (24.1)

Education

2 [6] =27.17 p = <.001

 Primary

408 (55.3)

151 (55.3)

90 (46.2)

117 (61.3)

50 (63.3)

 Secondary

226 (30.6)

91 (3.3)

59 (30.2)

59 (30.9)

17 (21.5)

 Tertiary

104 (14.1)

31 (11.4)

46 (23.6)

15 (7.8)

12 (15.2)

Housing

2 [9] = 1.89 p = <.001

 At homea

520 (70.5)

199 (72.9)

153 (78.5)

118 (61.8)

50 (63.3)

 At homeb

105 (14.2)

26 (9.5)

18 (9.2)

41 (21.5)

20 (25.3)

 Assisted living

65 (8.8)

22 (8.1)

11 (5.6)

10 (5.2)

5 (6.3)

 Care home

48 (6.5)

26 (9.5)

13 (6.7)

22 (11.5)

4 (5.1)

Analgesics*

2 [3] = 5.01 p = <.001

 Yes

181 (24.5)

33 (12.1)

42 (21.5)

73 (38.2)

33 (41.8)

 No

546 (74.0)

234 (89.0)

151 (77.4)

115 (60.2)

46 (58.2)

BMI, M (SD)*

25.2 (3.8)

    

2 [9] = 8.96 p = .441

 Normal weight

340 (49.1)

129 (47.3)

95 (48.7)

83 (43.5)

33 (41.7)

 Underweight

17 (2.5)

9 (3.3)

3 (1.5)

2 (1.0)

3 (3.8)

 Overweight

265 (38.3)

88 (32.2)

69 (35.4)

79 (41.4)

29 (36.7)

 Obese

70 (10.1)

23 (8.4)

18 (9.2)

18 (9.4)

11 (13.9)

MMSE

2 [3] = 8.30 p = .040

 <  25

79 (10.7)

38 (13.9)

16 (8.2)

22 (11.5)

3 (3.8)

 ≥ 25

659 (89.3)

235 (86.1)

179 (91.8)

169 (88.5)

76 (96.2)

Impairment in daily activities*

2 [15] = 521.90 p = <.001

 None

229 (31.0)

181 (66.3)

42 (21.5)

6 (3.1)

0 (0.0)

 Mild

215 (29.1)

65 (23.8)

91 (46.6)

47 (24.6)

12 (15.2)

 Medium

158 (21.4)

24 (8.8)

50 (25.6)

73 (38.2)

11 (13.9)

 Moderate

113 (15.3)

3 (1.1)

10 (5.1)

62 (32.5)

38 (48.1)

 Extreme

21 (2.8)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.5)

3 (1.6)

17 (21.5)

  1. Notes:
  2. M mean
  3. SD standard deviation
  4. Data are presented as number (%)
  5. Alpha was set to 0.05
  6. *Due to missing values not all sums add up to 100%.
  7. aParticipants without care support.
  8. bParticipants with care support