Table 2 Comparison of responders (persons who returned the Health Risk Appraisal for Older Persons (HRA-O) questionnaire) with non-responders (persons who did not return the HRA-O questionnaire) at the three study sites
From: Development, feasibility and performance of a health risk appraisal questionnaire for older persons
Baseline characteristics | London (U.K.) | Hamburg (Germany) | Solothurn (Switzerland) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Responders | Non-responders | P-value | Responders | Non-responders | P-value | Responders | Non-responders | P-value |
Age (years) | 74.7 ± 6.3 (1090) | 74.8 ± 6.7 (150) | 0.70 | 71.5 ± 7.6 (804) | 75.5 ± 7.8 (74) | 0.002 | 74.5 ± 5.8 (748) | 74.4 ± 6.0 (126) | 0.87 |
Female gender | 55.0% (599/1090) | 58.0% (87/150) | 0.71 | 60.9% (490/804) | 67.6% (50/74) | 0.67 | 56.7% (424/748) | 57.9% (73/126) | 0.87 |
Fair/poor self-perceived health | 23.1% (252/1090) | 34.7% (52/150) | 0.004 | 36.3% (292/804) | 63.5% (47/74) | <.0001 | 19.0% (142/748) | 25.4% (32/126) | 0.10 |
≥ 1 hospital admission over past 12 months | 13.6% (148/1090) | 16.7% (25/150) | 0.52 | 21.6% (174/804) | 16.2% (12/74) | 0.09 | 20.5% (153/748) | 16.7% (21/126) | 0.23 |
> 6 physician visits over past 12 months | 20.5% (223/1090) | 26.7% (40/150) | 0.16 | 50.1% (403/804) | 47.3% (35/74) | 0.15 | 23.3% (174/748) | 28.6% (36/126) | 0.06 |
No available caregiver if needed | 17.2% (187/1090) | 20.7% (31/150) | 0.36 | 16.7% (134/804) | 29.7% (22/74) | 0.07 | 10.0% (75/748) | 8.7% (11/126) | 0.53 |
Pra score | 0.27 ± 0.11 (1090) | 0.28 ± 0.12 (150) | 0.36 | 0.30 ± 0.11 (804) | 0.30 ± 0.12 (74) | 0.71 | 0.29 ± 0.11 (748) | 0.29 ± 0.10 (126) | 0.86 |