Housing and Health: Very Old People with Self-Reported Parkinson’s Disease versus Controls

Table 2

Comparison of aspects of housing between very old people reporting having Parkinson’s disease (PD) (n = 20) and controls not reporting having PD (n = 60).

Variable	PD, n = 20		Controls, n = 60
	Median	q1–q3	Median	q1–q3	P value^a
Number of environmental barriers, (HE)	48	36–61	52	34–63	0.727
Accessibility, (HE)	192	112–232	63	14–128	<0.001
Usability (UIMH)
(i) Activity aspects^b,c	3.8	3-5	5	4.3–5	0.003
(ii) Physical environmental aspects^b	4.1	3.4–4.8	4.3	3.6–5	0.600
Meaning of home (MOH)
(i) Physical bonding^b,c	7	5.3–8.9	8.6	6.9–8.9	0.018
(ii) Behavioral bonding^c	7	4.8–8.6	8.8	7.3–10	<0.001
(iii) Cognitive, emotional bonding^b,c	8	7.1–9.4	8.2	7.4–9	0.444
External housing-related control beliefs (HCQ)^b,c	2.7	2.1–3.4	2.8	2.1–3.2	0.867
Housing satisfaction^c	5	4-5	5	4-5	0.114

Decimals are only given when rounding was needed.
^aA version of Wilcoxon signed rank test extended to include multiple controls was used.
^bFor these variables the PD sample had missing values (for 1 to 2 participants); the number of controls was reduced accordingly.
^cFor these variables some of the controls had missing values (for 1 to 4 participants).
HE: Housing Enabler; higher accessibility scores mean more accessibility (person-environment fit) problems (range 0 to >2000; theoretically but never reached in reality). UIMH: Usability In My Home; higher scores are positive. MOH: Meaning of Home Questionnaire; higher scores mean stronger attachment to the home. HCQ: Housing-Related Control Beliefs Questionnaire; higher scores indicate more external control. Housing satisfaction is rated from 1 (no, definitely not) to 5 (yes, definitely).