Sociodemographic Characteristics and Health Profile of the Elderly Seeking Health Care in Kampala, Uganda

Table 3

Independency in daily living and ill-health across sociodemographic variables among the 134 study participants.

	Dependency in	Dependency in	Hearing handicap	Cognitive decline
	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
Gender
Men	8 (16)	6 (12)	8 (16)	19 (37)
Women	7 (8)	28 (34)	19 (23)	43 (52)
Women versus ; RR (95% CI)	0.54 (0.20–1.48)	2.87 (1.19–6.93)	1.46 (0.64–3.33)	1.39 (0.81–2.39)
Women versus ; RR (95% CI)	0.38 (0.12–1.26)	2.11 (0.81–5.50)	1.44 (0.59–3.53)	1.34 (0.73–2.46)
Age
Below median (≤68 yrs)	6 (8)	13 (17)	9 (12)	32 (42)
Above median (>68 yrs)	9 (16)	21 (36)	18 (31)	30 (52)
Above versus ; RR (95% CI)	1.97 (0.70–5.52)	2.12 (1.06–4.23)	2.62 (1.18–5.83)	1.23 (0.75–2.02)
Above versus ; RR (95% CI)	1.99 (0.63–6.32)	2.38 (1.12–5.08)	2.67 (1.17–6.12)	1.22 (0.72–2.07)
Accommodation
Rented/owned by relative	6 (17)	14 (39)	10 (28)	18 (50)
Owner	9 (9)	20 (20)	17 (17)	44 (45)
Owner versus ; RR (95% CI)	0.55 (0.20–1.55)	0.53 (0.27–1.04)	0.62 (0.29–1.36)	0.90 (0.52–1.55)
Owner versus ; RR (95% CI)	0.65 (0.20–2.07)	0.61 (0.29–1.31)	0.62 (0.27–1.45)	0.99 (0.55–1.80)
Financially independent
No (depends on relatives)	7 (13)	21 (40)	15 (29)	29 (56)
Yes (work or savings)	7 (9)	10 (13)	12 (16)	30 (39)
Yes versus ; RR (95% CI)	0.68 (0.24–1.93)	0.32 (0.15–0.68)	0.54 (0.25–1.15)	0.70 (0.42–1.16)
Yes versus ; RR (95% CI)	0.57 (0.16–1.96)	0.54 (0.23–1.27)	0.80 (0.33–1.95)	0.80 (0.45–1.44)

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