Journal of Aging Research

Research Article

Shut-In? Impact of Chronic Conditions on Community Participation Restriction among Older Adults

Table 2

Weighted estimates and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of prevalence of selected chronic conditions; community participation restriction (PR) and condition-associated absolute burden; chronicity of community PR; arthritis comorbidity and associated absolute burden among adults ≥50 years with selected chronic conditions, 2002.*


	Prevalence in population		Community PR		Chronicity of community PR^†		Arthritis comorbidity^‡
	% (95% CI)	(in 1,000s)	% (95% CI)	Condition-associated absolute burden, (in 1,000s)	% (95% CI)	(in 1,000s)	Community PR% (95% CI)	Associated absolute burden, (in 1,000s)

Arthritis	39.8 (38.7–40.8)	30,312	6.4 (5.6–7.1)	1,929	56.7 (51.9–61.4)	1,058	~	~
Hypertension	44.4 (43.5–45.3)	33,908	5.3 (4.6–5.9)	1,781	56.3 (51.3–61.4)	961	7.8 (6.8–8.9)	1,323
Depression/anxiety	17.3 (16.5–18.2)	13,229	9.9 (8.4–11.3)	1,304	65.7 (59.5–71.8)	813	12.0 (10.1–13.9)	868
Heart conditions	22.3 (21.4–23.1)	17,030	6.7 (5.7–7.7)	1,140	59.7 (53.5–65.8)	650	9.4 (7.8–10.9)	870
Vision impairments	13.6 (13.0–14.3)	10,444	10.0 (8.5–11.6)	1,049	58.0 (51.4–64.6)	576	11.1 (9.2–13.0)	659
Obesity	25.3 (24.3–26.3)	18,492	5.1 (4.3–6.0)	947	65.9 (59.9–71.9)	593	7.5 (6.0–9.0)	724
Diabetes	14.7 (13.9–15.4)	11,239	7.0 (5.7–8.4)	792	57.5 (50.0–65.1)	435	10.1 (8.0–12.1)	583
Respiratory conditions	14.6 (13.9–15.3)	11,174	6.7 (5.4–7.9)	743	55.9 (48.0–63.7)	399	9.2 (7.4–11.0)	562
Hearing impairments	6.7 (6.2–7.3)	5,132	10.8 (8.3–13.3)	554	59.7 (49.0–70.4)	322	11.7 (8.7–14.8)	343
SPD^§	3.1 (2.7–3.5)	2,304	20.4 (17.6–23.2)	469	75.8 (67.6–84.0)	344	22.6 (19.2–25.9)	290
Stroke	5.4 (5.0–5.9)	4,160	9.1 (6.8–11.4)	377	66.8 (56.4–77.1)	244	10.6 (7.9–13.3)	249
Neurological conditions	4.3 (3.8–4.7)	3,254	11.3 (9.2–13.4)	367	54.7 (42.9–66.4)	195	11.8 (9.4–14.3)	219

*Descending order of condition-associated absolute burden.
^†Respondents reporting being “always or often” restricted.
^‡Respondents with the specific chronic condition, plus arthritis as a comorbidity.
^§SPD: serious psychological distress, as measured by the Kessler 6 scale.