Research Article
Dual Sensory Impairment among Community Dwelling Rural Elderly: Concern for Rehabilitation
Table 4
Prevalence of DSI among elderly as determined by traditional PTA and HFPTA.
| | Variables | DSI | |
PTA |
HFPTA | | % (95% CI) | |
| | Gender | | | | | | Male () | 16 | 18.6 (11.8–28.1) | 30 | 34.9 (25.6–45.4) | | Female () | 15 | 16.8 (10.5–26.0) | 27 | 30.3 (27.8–68.2) | | Age groups | | | | | | Young old () | 5 | 6.1 (2.6–13.5) | 11 | 13.4 (7.7–22.4) | | Old old () | 10 | 17.8 (10.0–29.8) | 23 | 41.1 (29.2–54.1) | | Oldest old () | 16 | 43.2 (28.7–59.1) | 23 | 62.2 (46.1–75.9) | | Socioeconomic status | | | | | | High () | 4 | 21.1 (8.5–43.3) | 7 | 36.8 (19.2–59.0) | | Medium () | 8 | 19.5 (10.2–34.0) | 12 | 29.3 (17.6–44.5) | | Low socioeconomic status () | 19 | 16.5 (10.8–24.4) | 38 | 33 (25.1–42.1) | | Marital status | | | | | | Unmarried () | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Married/living with spouse () | 13 | 12.6 (7.5–20.4) | 26 | 25.2 (17.9–34.4) | | Widow(er) () | 18 | 25.7 (16.9–37.0) | 31 | 44.3 (33.2–55.9) | | Educational status | | | | | | Illiterates () | 25 | 19.7 (13.7–27.4) | 48 | 37.8 (29.8–46.5) | | Literates () | 6 | 12.5 (5.9–24.7) | 9 | 18.7 (10.2–31.9) | | Source of income | | | | | | Source of income present () | 16 | 17.2 (10.9–26.1) | 25 | 26.9 (18.9–36.7) | | Source of income absent () | 15 | 18.3 (11.4–28.0) | 32 | 39 (29.2–49.8) | | Financial dependence | | | | | | Financial independence () | 7 | 14.9 (7.4–27.7) | 11 | 23.4 (13.6–37.2) | | Partially dependent () | 7 | 20.6 (10.3–36.8) | 11 | 32.4 (19.1–49.2) | | Completely dependent () | 17 | 18.1 (11.6–27.1) | 35 | 37.2 (28.1–47.3) |
| | Total | 31 | 17.7 (12.8–24.0) | 57 | 32.6 (26.1–39.8) |
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