Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of the participants by cognitive impairment (N = 695)

From: Frailty as a mediator between sleep quality and cognitive impairment among the rural older adults: a cross-sectional study

Variable

N (%)

Cognitive impairment

χ2/Z

P-value

No (%)

Yes (%)

Observations

695 (100)

269 (38.71)

426 (61.29)

  

Gender

   

48.266

 < 0.001

 Male

251 (36.12)

140 (55.78)

111 (44.22)

  

 Female

444 (63.88)

129 (29.05)

315 (70.95)

Age

   

2.729

0.435

 70–74

374 (53.81)

144 (38.50)

230 (61.50)

  

 75–79

208 (29.93)

87 (41.83)

121 (58.17)

 80–84

87 (12.52)

31 (35.63)

56 (64.37)

≥ 85

26 (3.74)

7 (26.92)

19 (73.08)

Marital status

   

3.322

0.068

 Currently married

508 (73.09)

207 (40.75)

301 (59.25)

  

 Othersa

187 (26.91)

62 (33.16)

125 (66.84)

 Education

   

21.823

 < 0.001

 Primary school and below

542 (77.99)

185 (34.13)

357 (65.87)

  

 Middle school

126 (18.13)

70 (55.56)

56 (44.44)

 High school and above

27 (3.88)

14 (51.85)

13 (48.15)

Number of chronic diseases

   

4.661

0.097

 0

80 (11.51)

34 (42.50)

46 (57.50)

  

 1

246 (35.40)

106 (43.09)

140 (56.91)

≥ 2

369 (53.09)

129 (34.96)

240 (65.04)

Sleep disorders

   

9.099

0.003

 No

416 (59.86)

180 (43.27)

236 (56.73)

  

 Yes

279 (40.14)

89 (31.90)

190 (68.10)

Frailty status

   

55.042

 < 0.001

 Nonfrail

284 (40.86)

154 (54.23)

130 (45.77)

  

 Prefrail

224 (32.23)

75 (33.48)

149 (66.52)

 Frail

187 (26.91)

40 (21.39)

147 (78.61)

  1. aOthers includes single, divorced and widowed