Table 3 Characteristics of participants in each group
Variable | Group A (n = 154) “active well” | Group B (n = 121) “high NHS users” | Group C (n = 172) “community service users” | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group A vs B | Group A vs C | Group B vs C | ||||
65–74, % (n) | 70.1 (108) | 56.2 (68) | 54.7 (94) | 0.004 | 0.019 | 0.078 |
75–84, % (n) | 26.0 (40) | 39.7 (48) | 33.7 (58) | |||
85+, % (n) | 3.9 (6) | 4.1 (5) | 11.6 (20) | |||
Female, % (n) | 48.1 (74) | 52.1 (63) | 57.6 (99) | 0.826 | 0.073 | 0.696 |
BMI (mean, SD) | 26.6 (5.1) | 26.8 (4.0) | 27.2 (5.4) | 0.333 | 0.415 | 0.261 |
White, % (n) | 87.0 (134) | 86.8 (105) | 81.4 (140) | 0.881 | 0.151 | 0.803 |
Education >17 yrs, % (n) | 28.6 (44) | 33.1 (40) | 51.7 (89) | 0.128 | <0.001 | 0.007 |
AUDIT C score (mean, SD) | 4.1 (2.8) | 4.0 (2.9) | 3.4 (2.8) | 0.330 | 0.041 | 0.007 |
Never smoked, % (n) | 56.5 (87) | 55.4 (67) | 57.6 (99) | 0.148 | 0.934 | 0.203 |
Ex-smoker, % (n) | 39.0 (60) | 35.5 (43) | 36.6 (63) | |||
Current smoker, % (n) | 3.9 (6) | 6.6 (8) | 4.1 (7) | |||
State pension only, % (n) | 27.9 (43) | 27.3 (33) | 23.3 (40) | 0.380 | 0.124 | 0.793 |
Feeling lonely or de Jong score =/>2, % (n) | 34.4 (53) | 43.8 (53) | 47.7 (82) | 0.428 | 0.029 | 0.127 |
Carer, % (n) | 18.2 (28) | 13.2 (16) | 16.3 (28) | 0.138 | 0.576 | 0.902 |
Employment, % (n) | 13.6 (21) | 9.9 (12) | 9.3 (16) | 0.381 | 0.132 | 0.385 |
SF12 mental (mean, SD) | 55.3 (6.5) | 52.1 (8.1) | 52.2 (10.2) | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.852 |
SF12 physical (mean, SD) | 48.8 (9.1) | 40.2 (12.2) | 42.1 (13.9) | 0.028 | <0.001 | 0.917 |
No of conditions (mean, SD) | 0.9 (1.0) | 1.5 (1.2) | 1.4 (1.1) | 0.006 | <0.001 | 0.497 |
Disability (BADL), % (n) | 1.3 (2) | 8.3 (10) | 11.0 (19) | 0.123 | 0.002 | 0.113 |
Low physical exercise, % (n) | 24.7 (38) | 45.5 (55) | 44.8 (77) | 0.015 | <0.001 | 0.718 |
Mod physical exercise, % (n) | 39.0 (60) | 24.8 (30) | 27.3 (47) | |||
High physical exercise, % (n) | 35.7 (55) | 29.8 (36) | 27.9 (48) | |||
Lubben social network (mean, SD) | 19.7 (5.2) | 19.1 (5.2) | 18.3 (5.7) | 0.024 | 0.035 | 0.221 |
Volunteering, % (n) | 22.7 (35) | 21.5 (26) | 27.3 (47) | 0.496 | 0.181 | 0.066 |
Lives alone, % (n) | 15.6 (24) | 23.1 (28) | 34.3 (59) | 0.100 | <0.001 | 0.019 |
Ground floor flat/ lift, % (n) | 4.5 (7) | 5.0 (6) | 11.6 (20) | 0.434 | 0.021 | 0.477 |
Flat other, % (n) | 6.5 (10) | 11.6 (14) | 6.4 (11) | |||
House, % (n) | 77.9 (120) | 74.4 (90) | 74.4 (128) | |||
Bungalow, % (n) | 8.4 (13) | 8.3 (10) | 7.0 (12) | |||
Transport difficulties, % (n) | 5.2 (8) | 12.4 (15) | 18.6 (32) | 0.358 | 0.001 | 0.006 |
Internet use, % (n) | 61.7 (95) | 57.0 (69) | 69.8 (120) | 0.600 | 0.305 | 0.062 |