Research Article
Relationship between Family Function, Anxiety, and Quality of Life for Older Adults with Hypertension in Low-Income Communities
Table 1
Older adults’ characteristics.
| | | N (%) |
| Gender | Male | 117 (32.32%) | Female | 246 (67.77%) |
| Age group | 60–69 | 135 (37.19%) | 70–79 | 134 (36.91%) | ≥80 | 94 (25.90%) |
| Education | Illiteracy | 63 (17.36%) | Primary school | 78 (21.49%) | Junior high school | 128 (35.26%) | High school or technical secondary school | 71 (19.56%) | College | 17 (4.68%) | Bachelor degree or above | 6 (1.65%) |
| Medical insurance | Basic medical insurance for urban residents | 47 (12.95%) | Basic medical insurance for urban employees | 268 (73.83%) | New rural cooperative medical scheme | 33 (9.09%) | Others | 15 (4.13%) |
| Marital status | Married | 318 (87.60%) | Unmarried | 9 (2.48%) | Divorced | 2 (0.55%) | Widowed | 34 (9.37%) |
| Residential building | Building with elevator | 49 (13.5%) | Building without elevator | 271 (74.65%) | Bungalow | 43 (11.85%) |
| Having a primary caregiver | Yes | 236 (65.01%) | No | 127 (34.99%) |
| Working status | On the job | 18 (4.96%) | Retirement | 320 (88.15%) | Unemployment | 8 (2.21%) | Others | 17 (4.68%) |
| Average monthly medical expenses on hypertension (RMB) | <100 | 105 (28.93%) | 100∼500 | 206 (56.75%) | >500 | 52 (14.32%) |
| Average monthly household income (RMB) | <2000 | 84 (23.14%) | 2000∼3000 | 189 (52.07%) | >3000 | 90 (24.79%) |
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∗ (two-tailed). ∗∗ (two-tailed). |