Demographic characteristics | N (%) (n=385) |
Median age (years) (range) | 61(22–88) |
Age<65 | 242 (62.9) |
Age≥65 | 143 (37.1) |
Sex | |
Female | 215 (55.8) |
Male | 170 (44.2) |
Ethnicity | |
Malay | 148 (38.4) |
Chinese | 144 (37.4) |
Indian | 93 (24.2) |
Marital status | |
Married | 309 (80.3) |
Single/divorced/widowed | 76 (19.7) |
Level of education | |
Secondary (completed 12 years of education) | 224 (58.2) |
Tertiary (completed at least 15 years of education) | 126 (32.7) |
Primary (completed 6 years of education) | 35 (9.1) |
Religion | |
Islam | 148 (38.4) |
Buddhism | 111 (28.8) |
Hinduism | 76 (19.7) |
Christianity | 50 (13.0) |
Employment status | |
Currently employed | 166 (43.1) |
Non-employed | 219 (56.9) |
Retired* | 162 (74.0) |
Unemployed* | 57 (26.0) |
Age | |
Age≥65* | 132 (60.3) |
Age<65* | 87 (39.7) |
Personal income/month | |
>RM1000 (US$240) | 268 (69.6) |
≤RM1000 (US$240) | 117 (30.4) |
Living companion | |
Living with someone | 349 (99.6) |
Living alone | 36 (9.4) |
Self-rated health status | |
Good | 336 (87.3) |
Poor | 49 (12.7) |
Presence of comorbidities | |
Cardiovascular disease | 131 (34.0) |
Diabetes mellitus | 103 (26.8) |
No underlying comorbidities | 53 (13.8) |
Other diseases | 52 (13.5) |
Renal diseases | 25 (6.5) |
Pulmonary diseases | 21 (5.4) |
*Proportion of patients among the non-employed.