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Table 2 Distributions of people aged 60 years and older by support needs for specific activities of daily living (ADLs)

From: Elderly care in daily living in rural Vietnam: Need and its socioeconomic determinants

 

Sample size

No need

Some need

Complete dependence

Type of ADL

 

%

95%CI

%

95%CI

%

95%CI

Basic ADLs

       

Bathing

2,873

92.5

91.6 - 93.5

5.3

4.5 - 6.1

2.2

1.7 - 2.7

Dressing

2,873

95.5

94.8 - 96.3

2.5

2.0 - 3.1

2.0

1.4 - 2.5

Toilet use

2,873

96.6

95.9 - 97.2

2.6

2.0 - 3.2

0.8

0.5 - 1.2

Transferring

2,873

95.6

94.8 - 96.3

3.1

2.5 - 3.8

1.3

0.9 - 1.7

Urine/bowel continence

2,873

95.3

94.5 - 96.1

3.0

2.3 - 3.6

1.7

1.3 - 2.2

Eating

2,873

96.2

95.5 - 96.9

2.6

2.0 - 3.2

1.2

0.8 - 1.6

Instrumental ADLs

       

Cleaning house

2,373

97.2

96.6 - 97.9

2.7

2.0 - 3.4

0.1

-0.03 - 0.2

Cooking

2,063

96.4

95.6 - 97.2

3.5

2.7 - 4.3

0.1

-0.03 - 0.2

Shopping

1,229

96.6

95.6 - 97.6

3.3

2.3 - 4.3

0.2

-0.06 - 0.4

Travelling

2,047

86.8

85.3 - 88.2

10.0

8.7 - 11.3

3.2

2.5 - 4.0

Intellectual ADLs

       

Writing

1,398

71.8

69.5 - 74.2

21.9

19.7 - 24.1

6.3

5.0 - 7.6

Reading

1,651

67.9

65.6 - 70.1

23.9

21.9 - 26.0

8.2

6.9 - 9.5

Listening to the radio

2,651

86.8

85.6 - 88.1

9.7

8.6 - 10.8

3.5

2.8 - 4.2

Watching TV

2,623

83.4

82.0 - 84.8

12.3

11.1 - 13.5

4.3

3.5 - 5.1