Sociodemographic characteristics | mean | SD | |
---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 77.1 | 7.9 | |
Gender | N | % | |
women | 112 | 61.9 | |
men | 69 | 38.1 | |
Education | N | % | |
primary | 20 | 11.0 | |
vocational | 36 | 20.0 | |
secondary | 86 | 47.5 | |
university | 39 | 21.5 | |
Place of residence | N | % | |
urban areas | 127 | 70.2 | |
countryside | 54 | 29.8 | |
Marital status | N | % | |
married | 81 | 44.8 | |
divorced or widowed | 100 | 55.2 | |
Financial situation | N | % | |
gets by | 100 | 55.0 | |
hardly gets by | 81 | 45.0 | |
Living arrangements | N | % | |
living alone | 36 | 20.0 | |
with a partner | 36 | 20.0 | |
with a family | 109 | 60.0 | |
mean | SD | ||
Number of comorbidities | 4.1 | 2.4 | |
Geriatric Depression Scale – GDS − 15 (range 0–15) | 6.7 | 2.8 | |
Abbreviated Mental Test Score – AMTS (range 4–10) | 8.4 | 1.6 | |
Activities of Daily Living (ADL) by Katz (range 0–6) | 5.0 | 1.4 | |
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (I-ADL) by Lawton (range 0–27) | 19.1 | 4.9 | |
McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) | sensory (S 1–10) | 7.8 | 5.9 |
affective (A 11–15) | 1.9 | 2.0 | |
evaluation (E 16) | 2.0 | 1.4 | |
miscellaneous sensory (M/S 17–19) | 1.9 | 1.8 | |
miscellaneous affective/evaluation (M(AE) 20) | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
Present Pain Intensity (PPI) | 3.3 | 0.6 | |
Number of Words Chosen (NWC) | 7.7 | 3.9 | |
Pain Rating Index-Total (PRI-T) | 17.91 | 8.6 | |
Pain Rating Index-r (PRI r) | 2.4 | 0.5 |