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Table 3 Descriptive results of cognitive reading ability bases of Nieden and reading comprehension by age

From: Prevalence of impaired functional reading ability and its association with quality of life, daily activity, mobility and social participation among general older adults in Germany

Characteristic

65–69

70–74

75–79

80–84

85–89

> 89

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Cognitive reading ability

 Total

268

(100.00)

240

(100.00)

159

(100.00)

80

(100.00)

31

(100.00)

2

(100.00)

 Text no 7 (largest font)

264

(98.51)

225

(93.75)

154

(96.86)

70

(87.50)

27

(87.10)

1

(50.00)

 Text no 6

255

(95.15)

214

(89.17)

141

(88.68)

62

(77.50)

24

(77.42)

1

(50.00)

 Text no 5

223

(83.21)

173

(72.08)

98

(61.64)

42

(52.50)

15

(48.39)

0

(0.00)

 Text no 4

186

(69.40)

119

(49.58)

73

(45.91)

18

(22.50)

5

(16.13)

0

(0.00)

 Text no 3

33

(12.31)

18

(7.50)

7

(4.40)

1

(1.25)

1

(3.23)

0

(0.00)

 Text no 2

4

(1.49)

1

(0.42)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

 Text no 1 (smallest font)

3

(1.12)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

 no text could be read

1

(0.37)

4

(1.67)

0

(0.00)

1

(1.25)

1

(3.23)

0

(0.00)

 Missing

3

(1.12)

11

(4.58)

5

(3.14)

9

(11.25)

3

(9.68)

1

(50.00)

Reading comprehension

 Able to find the predefined telephone number

  No

8

(2.99)

13

(5.42)

7

(4.40)

3

(3.75)

1

(3.23)

0

(0.00)

  Yes

257

(95.90)

216

(90.00)

147

(92.45)

68

(85.00)

27

(87.10)

1

(50.00)

  Missing

3

(1.12)

11

(4.58)

5

(3.14)

9

(11.25)

3

(9.68)

1

(50.00)