Table 6 Relation between older person characteristics and psychological distress at Assiut City
Variables | Not members in geriatric club (n = 200) N (%) | Members in geriatric club (n = 100) N (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No distress | Mild | Moderate | Severe | Chi (P value) | No distress | Mild | Moderate | Severe | Chi (P value) | |
Age (years) | ||||||||||
60–69 | 8 (8.6%) | 9 (9.7%) | 11 (11.8%) | 65 (69.9%) | 5.191 (0.158) | 15 (21.4%) | 9 (12.9%) | 15 (21.4%) | 31 (44.3%) | 3.996 (0.262) |
70 and more | 21 (19.6%) | 7 (6.5%) | 11 (10.3%) | 68 (63.6%) | 12 (40.0%) | 4 (13.3%) | 5 (16.7%) | 9 (30.0%) | ||
Sex | ||||||||||
Male | 23 (20.9%) | 8 (7.3%) | 14 (12.7%) | 65 (59.1%) | 9.767 (0.021*) | 16 (40.0%) | 4 (10.0%) | 10 (25.0%) | 10 (25.0%) | 9.218 (0.027*) |
Female | 6 (6.7%) | 8 (8.9%) | 8 (8.9%) | 68 (75.5%) | 11 (18.3%) | 9 (15.0%) | 10 (16.7%) | 30 (50.0%) | ||
Marital status | ||||||||||
Single | 2 (28.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (28.6%) | 3 (42.8%) | 12.317 (0.196) | 2 (25.0%) | 2 (25.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (50.0%) | 12.807 (0.172) |
Married | 17 (15.6%) | 10 (9.2%) | 15 (13.8%) | 67 (61.4%) | 19 (28.8%) | 11 (16.7%) | 13 (19.7%) | 23 (34.8%) | ||
Divorced | 2 (10.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 18 (90.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (25.0%) | 6 (75.0%) | ||
Widow | 8 (12.5%) | 6 (9.4%) | 5 (7.8%) | 45 (70.3%) | 6 (33.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (27.8%) | 7 (38.9%) | ||
Levels of education | ||||||||||
Illiterate | 12 (15.4%) | 8 (10.3%) | 11 (14.1%) | 47 (60.2%) | 12.646 (0.179) | 16 (80.0%) | 2 (10.0%) | 2 (10.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 48.830 (< 0.001*) |
Elementary and preparatory | 9 (22.5%) | 4 (10.0%) | 5 (12.5%) | 22 (55.0%) | 1 (16.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (33.3%) | 3 (50.0%) | ||
Secondary | 8 (12.5%) | 4 (6.3%) | 5 (7.8%) | 47 (73.4%) | 2 (4.3%) | 7 (15.2%) | 8 (17.4%) | 29 (63.1%) | ||
University education | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (5.6%) | 17 (94.4%) | 8 (28.6%) | 4 (14.3%) | 8 (28.6%) | 8 (28.5%) | ||
Occupation | ||||||||||
Working | 24 (17.5%) | 11 (8.0%) | 18 (13.1%) | 84 (61.4%) | 6.300 (0.098) | 21 (23.3%) | 13 (14.4%) | 18 (20.0%) | 38 (42.3%) | 7.037 (0.071) |
Not working | 5 (7.9%) | 5 (7.9%) | 4 (6.3%) | 49 (77.9%) | 6 (60.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (20.0%) | 2 (20.0%) | ||
Residence | ||||||||||
Rural | 24 (22.9%) | 14 (13.3%) | 17 (16.2%) | 50 (47.6%) | 35.771 (< 0.001*) | 2 (28.6%) | 1 (14.3%) | 2 (28.6%) | 2 (28.6%) | 0.539 (0.727) |
Urban | 5 (5.3%) | 2 (2.1%) | 5 (5.3%) | 83 (87.3%) | 25 (26.9%) | 12 (12.9%) | 18 (19.4%) | 38 (40.8%) | ||
Living condition | ||||||||||
With family/his children | 20 (13.2%) | 9 (6.0%) | 15 (9.9%) | 107 (70.9%) | 6.274 (0.099) | 13 (22.0%) | 11 (18.6%) | 10 (16.9%) | 25 (42.5%) | 5.713 (0.126) |
Alone | 9 (18.4%) | 7 (14.3%) | 7 (14.3%) | 26 (53.0%) | 14 (34.1%) | 2 (4.9%) | 10 (24.4%) | 15 (36.6%) | ||