Pain and symptoms of depression: international comparative study on selected factors affecting the quality of life of elderly people residing in institutions in Europe

Table 4 Disease entities

	Total		Poland		France		Germany		Test result p < 0.05
	mean values	percentage	mean values	percentage	mean values	percentage	mean values	percentage	Test result p < 0.05
Number of patients	570	100	190	33.33	190	33.33	190	33.33
Heart failure	554	97.19	196	103.16	171	90.00	187	98.39	0.469
Hypertension	317	55.61	103	54.21	108	56.84	106	55.78	0.741
Dementia	313	54.85	95	50.00	113	59.47	105	55.25	0.002^a
Depression	276	48.50	109	57.37	80	42.11	87	45.78	0.701
Osteoporosis	241	42.45	79	41.58	82	43.16	81	42.63	0.495
General atherosclerosis	186	32.63	96	50.53	28	14.74	62	32.63	0.000^a
Neoplastic disease	145	25.53	28	14.73	69	36.32	48	25.26	0.000^a
Diabetes	123	21.52	49	25.79	33	21.58	41	21.57	0.077
Degenerative joint disease	120	21.05	64	33.68	16	8.42	40	21.05	0.000^a
Thyroid gland diseases	76	13.42	16	8.42	35	18.42	25	13.15	0.004^a
Condition after femoral bone fracture	64	11.22	26	13.68	17	8.95	21	11.05	0.145
Multiple sclerosis	52	9.12	18	9.47	17	8.95	17	8.95	0.859
Neurosis	48	8.42	26	13.68	6	3.16	16	8.42	0.000^a
Condition after cholecystectomy	42	7.37	14	7.37	14	7.37	14	7.37	1.000
Myocardial infarction	36	6.32	10	5.26	14	7.37	12	6.31	0.400
Hydrocephalus	35	6.14	14	7.37	9	4.74	12	6.31	0.283
Parkinson’s disease	33	5.79	12	6.32	10	5.26	11	5.78	0.661

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