Table 1 Testing of differences in terms of socio-demographic variables, health conditions, medical utilization data, and health behavior among respondents willing and unwilling to accept data linkage
Entire | < 65 (58–64) | 65+ | |||||||
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NO (%) | YES (%) | T/X2 Value | NO (%) | YES (%) | T/X2 Value | NO (%) | YES (%) | T/X2 Value | |
N = 126 (3.38%) | N = 3601 (96.61%) | N = 45 (3.46%) | N = 1256 (96.54%) | N = 81 (3.33%) | N = 2345 (96.67%) | ||||
Socio-demographic variables | |||||||||
Age Mean ± SD (min-max/median) | 71.26 ± 9.97 (58–93/70) | 71.15 ± 9.98 (58–101/70) | 0.12 | 60.89 ± 2.01 (58–64)/61 | 60.61 ± 1.96 (58–64)/61 | 0.95 | 77.02 ± 7.67 (65–93/76) | 76.80 ± 7.71 (65–101/76) | 0.26 |
Female (ref = Male) | 69 (54.8) | 1838 (51.0) | 0.67 | 22 (48.9) | 641 (51.0) | 0.08 | 47 (58.0) | 1197 (51.0) | 1.53 |
Level of education | 1.73 | 1.96 | 0.74 | ||||||
No education | 19 (15.1) | 684 (19.0) | 0 (0.0) | 37 (3.0) | 19 (23.5) | 647 (27.6) | |||
Primary school | 59 (46.8) | 1707 (47.4) | 17 (37.8) | 597 (47.5) | 39 (48.1) | 1095 (46.7) | |||
Junior high or higher | 48 (38.1) | 1210 (33.6) | 28 (62.2) | 622 (49.5) | 23 (28.4) | 603 (25.7) | |||
Married | 87 (69.1) | 2316 (64.3) | 1.19 | 40 (88.9) | 997 (79.4) | 2.43 | 47 (58.0) | 1319 (56.3) | 0.10 |
Living alone | 14 (11.1) | 322 (8.9) | 0.70 | 3 (6.7) | 80 (6.4) | 0.01 | 11 (13.6) | 242 (10.3) | 0.89 |
Health conditions | |||||||||
Comorbidities (8 options) | 1.13 ± 1.17 | 1.35 ± 1.21 | −1.96 | 0.71 ± 0.90 | 0.93 ± 1.02 | −1.43 | 1.37 ± 1.24 | 1.57 ± 1.25 | −1.44 |
Self-reported health conditions (Number of questions = 1; total score = 5) | 3.25 ± 0.99 | 3.17 ± 0.98 | 0.81 | 3.39 ± 0.99 | 3.43 ± 0.93 | −0.32 | 3.15 ± 0.99 | 3.01 ± 0.98 | 1.17 |
Mobility (Number of Questions = 9; Total Score = 27) | 6.33 ± 8.47 | 5.81 ± 7.85 | 0.72 | 1.02 ± 2.21 | 1.74 ± 4.20 | −2.05* | 9.27 ± 9.21 | 8.00 ± 8.46 | 1.33 |
IADL (Number of questions = 6; total score = 18) | 3.45 ± 6.33 | 3.1 ± 5.53 | 0.61 | 0.07 ± 0.45 | 0.59 ± 2.51 | −5.40*** | 5.33 ± 7.24 | 4.45 ± 6.20 | 1.25 |
ADL (Number of questions =6; total score = 18) | 2.21 ± 5.31 | 1.53 ± 4.35 | 1.41 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.26 ± 1.85 | −5.00*** | 3.43 ± 6.31 | 2.21 ± 5.09 | 1.73 |
CESD (Number of questions = 10; total score = 30) | 4.19 ± 5.18 | 4.76 ± 5.9 | −0.86 | 2.61 ± 3.41 | 3.54 ± 4.74 | −1.75 | 5.25 ± 5.77 | 5.34 ± 6.14 | −0.12 |
SPMSQ (Number of questions = 9; total score = 9) | 8.06 ± 1.69 | 8.16 ± 1.43 | −0.59 | 8.86 ± 0.35 | 8.68 ± 0.69 | 3.21** | 7.52 ± 2.01 | 7.84 ± 1.66 | −1.28 |
Medical utilization | |||||||||
Outpatient clinic visits | 6.43* | 4.87 | 4.03 | ||||||
0 | 54 (42.8) | 1215 (33.7) | 23 (51.1) | 554 (44.1) | 31 (38.3) | 661 (28.2) | |||
1 | 39 (31.0) | 1498 (41.6) | 9 (20.0) | 444 (35.4) | 30 (37.0) | 1054 (45.0) | |||
2+ | 33 (26.2) | 888 (24.7) | 13 (28.9) | 258 (20.5) | 20 (24.7) | 630 (26.8) | |||
Traditional Chinese medicine | 18 (14.3) | 364 (10.1) | 2.31 | 10 (22.2) | 169 (13.5) | 2.81 | 8 (9.9) | 195 (8.3) | 0.25 |
Health behavior | |||||||||
Smoking | 8 (6.4) | 473 (13.1) | 4.99* | 3 (6.7) | 232 (18.5) | 4.09 | 5 (6.2) | 241 (10.3) | 1.45 |
Chewing betel nuts | 3 (2.4) | 137 (3.8) | 0.68 | 0.12 | 0.73 | ||||
Alcohol consumption | 29 (23.0) | 995 (27.6) | 1.30 | 16 (35.6) | 468 (37.3) | 0.05 | 13 (16.1) | 527 (22.5) | 1.87 |
Exercise | 1.92 | 0.17 | 4.13* | ||||||
Irregular (Less than 3 times a week) | 63 (50.0) | 1576 (43.8) | 18 (40.0) | 541 (431) | 45 (55.6) | 1035 (44.1) | |||
Regular (3 times or more a week) | 63 (50.0) | 2025 (56.2) | 27 (60.0) | 715 (56.9) | 36 (44.4) | 1310 (55.9) | |||
Diet | 5.06 | 0.17 | 8.44* | ||||||
Unhealthy diet | 43 (34.1) | 1235 (34.3) | 11 (24.4) | 339 (27.0) | 32 (39.5) | 896 (38.2) | |||
Slightly healthy diet | 54 (42.9) | 1243 (34.5) | 15 (33.3) | 392 (31.2) | 39 (48.2) | 851 (36.3) | |||
Healthy diet | 29 (23.0) | 1123 (31.2) | 19 (42.2) | 525 (41.8) | 10 (12.3) | 598 (25.5) | |||
Social support (Number of questions = 5; total score = 20) | 8.22 ± 3.33 | 9.13 ± 3.27 | −2.64** | 8.88 ± 3.20 | 9.27 ± 3.20 | −0.77 | 7.74 ± 3.39 | 9.04 ± 3.31 | −2.84** |