Assessment of Disability and Factors Determining Disability among Inhabitants of South-Eastern Poland Aged 71–80 Years

Table 2

Analysis of factors related to the level of disability according to the results of the WHODAS 2.0 questionnaire.

		Disabled with a minimum moderate level of disability; Mean (SD); N (%)	Able or disabled with a mild disability; Mean (SD); N (%)	p value
Sociodemographic features
Age		74.61 (2.72)	76.00 (2.90)	0.001
BMI		26.76 (3.08)	27.50 (5.01)	0.086
Number of chronic diseases		5.07 (3.30)	5.83 (3.36)	<0.002
Sex	Female	301 (64.04)	169 (35.96)	0.093
	Male	192 (58.18)	138 (41.82)
Education	At most vocational	350 (68.09)	164 (31.91)	<0.001
	At least secondary	143 (50.00)	143 (50.00)
Place of residence	City	216 (57.75)	158 (42.25)	0.034
	Countryside	277 (65.02)	143 (34.98)
Physical activity of the respondents
Performing everyday physical activity for at least 150 minutes a week	Yes	141 (57.09)	106 (42.91)	0.077
	No	352 (63.65)	201 (36.35)
Performing physical exercises to strengthen muscles and improve physical performance	One to three times a week	438 (69.86)	189 (30.14)	<0.001
	Four or more times a week	34 (46.58)	39 (53.42)
	No	21 (21.00)	79 (79.00)
Social activity of the respondents
Membership in at least one organization/group/association	Yes	429 (63.74)	244 (36.26)	0.004
	No	64 (50.39)	63 (49.61)
Work after retirement	Yes	43 (48.86)	45 (51.14)	0.009
	No	450 (63.20)	262 (36.80)
Functioning of the respondents in the environment
Opportunity to use help of other people in everyday life	Yes	331 (56.97)	250 (43.03)	0.001
	No	162 (73.97)	57 (26.03)
Adaptation of the flat/house to the needs of everyday functioning	Fully adapted	51 (25.25)	151 (74.75)	<0.001
	Not fully adapted)	442 (73.91)	156 (26.09)
Adaptation of the residential environment to the needs of everyday functioning	Fully adapted	48	148	0.001
	Not fully adapted	445	159

Mann-Whitney Test.
Chi-squared Test.