Healthy, moderate, or distressed: identification of latent profiles of mental health of a Chilean older primary care user sample

Table 2 Numerical predictor variables, by sex and total

Variable	Men (n = 198)		Women (n = 375)		Total (n = 573)		U Mann-Whitney			d
Variable	M	DE	M	DE	M	DE	U	p		d
Age	72.18	4.17	71.61	4.16	71.8	4.17	40147.50	0.108		0.14
Number of children	3.13	1.77	2.98	1.85	3.03	1.82	39484.00	0.203		0.08
Months worked last year	2.88	4.91	1.51	3.84	1.99	4.28	42422.00	< 0.001	**	0.32
Years of study	10.26	4.38	8.68	4.44	9.23	4.48	44483.00	< 0.001	**	0.36
Satisfaction variables:
With coexistence^a	4.23	0.82	4.07	1.01	4.12	0.95	34622.50	0.156		0.17
With partner^b	4.17	1.12	3.99	1.33	4.08	1.28	14938.5	0.21		0.18
With income^c	2.75	0.62	2.74	0.64	2.75	0.63	37822.00	0.667		0.01
Perceive general health^a	3.56	0.74	3.43	0.78	3.47	0.77	40143.50	0.081		0.17
Perceived social support^d:
Support from family and significant other	3.17	0.78	3.30	0.81	3.25	0.80	32198.0	0.008	**	0.17
Support from Friends	2.22	1.12	2.64	1.21	2.49	1.19	29956.00	< 0.001	**	0.36
Loneliness^e
Intimate	1,77	0,56	1,79	0,65	1.78	0.62	38002.00	0.64		0,02
Relational	1,60	0,54	1,46	0,54	1.51	0.54	43616.50	< 0.001	**	0,25
Collective	1,72	0,56	1,57	0,56	1.62	0.57	43115.00	< 0.001	**	0,27

Notes. ^a: Scale from 1 to 5, where 1. Very dissatisfied and 5. Very satisfied. ^b: Men n = 169, Women n = 165. ^c: Scale from 1 to 4, where 1: Very bad and 4: Very good. ^d: Scale from 1 to 4, where 1: Almost never and 4: Always or almost always. ^e: Scale from 1 to 4, where 1: Never and 4: Many times. * p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01

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