Sociodemographic characteristics
|
Age |
≤64 y | | | 23.2 |
65–69 y | | | 22.5 |
70v74 y | | | 19.5 |
5–79 y | | | 20.1 |
≥80 y | | | 14.7 |
Sex, female | | | 64.9 |
Race or ethnicity |
White | | | 77.0 |
African American | | | 12.3 |
Hispanic | | | 7.6 |
Other | | | 3.1 |
Education |
Less than high school graduate | | | 19.2 |
High school graduate or general equivalency diploma | | | 22.7 |
Some college | | | 35.3 |
College graduate or graduate degree | | | 22.8 |
Marital status |
Married or living with partner | | | 46.3 |
Divorced, separated, or never married | | | 28.9 |
Widowed | | | 24.8 |
Psychiatric illnesses
|
Depression severity (0–4), ↑ scores indicate ↑ depression | 1.68 | 0.014 | |
Chronic depression | | | 83.0 |
Positive screening test for posttraumatic stress disorder | | | 10.6 |
Positive screening test for panic disorder | | | 21.7 |
Anxiety-neuroticism, ↑ scores indicate ↑ neuroticism | 19.62 | 0.126 | |
Positive screening test for mild cognitive impairment | | | 35.4 |
Medical Illnesses
|
Chronic lung disease | | | 23.3 |
Hypertension | | | 57.9 |
Diabetes | | | 23.2 |
Arthritis | | | 55.6 |
Sensory deficit | | | 55.2 |
Cancer (excluding skin cancer) | | | 10.9 |
Neurological disease | | | 8.4 |
Heart disease | | | 27.6 |
Chronic pain | | | 56.8 |
Gastrointestinal disease | | | 20.9 |
Urinary/prostate disease | | | 38.7 |
Sum of all chronic diseases (0–11) | 3.79 | 0.046 | |
General health indicators
|
PCS-12 (0–100), ↑ scores indicate better functioning | 40.26 | 0.150 | |
MCS-12 (0–100), ↑ scores indicate better functioning | 36.68 | 0.235 | |
QOL (0–10), ↑ scores indicate better QOL | 5.35 | 0.047 | |
SDI (0–10), ↑ scores indicate greater disability | 4.63 | 0.061 | |