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avje starostnikov | health of the elderly 96 The ability of self-care was investigated on the basis of the question that
asked older people whether they need help from the persons that live outside
of their household. The number of participants who claimed they are self-suffi-
cient was very high, as 1090 (86 %) of the elderly stated that they do not use help
from the outside of the household, while in the remaining countries only 42186
(74 %) of the elderly do not use help from the outside of their household. Addi-
tionally, Table 1 shows that almost half of the respondents (46 %) in Slovenia re-
ported that they perform sports or high intensity activities less than once per
week, while in other countries this rate was as high as 55 %.
The lowest estimate of self-assessment of health was reported by the old-
er people in Ireland (2.85 ± 1.12) and Switzerland (2.85 ± 0.96). The highest self-
assessed health was reported in Poland with an average of 4.13 ± 0.89. We also
confirmed the statistically significant difference in self-assessed health among
compared countries (F = 500,50, p <0,001). Higher self-assessed health level
was observed in older people who receive help from the outside of their house-
hold. Most participants in Slovenia rated their health on the scale from 1 to 5
with 2 (34 %), followed by 3 (33 %). In other countries the most frequent level of
health was 3 (35 %), followed by 2 (32 %).
Table 2: Summary of health self-assesment
Self-assessment of health
N Mean 95 % confidence Min Max
SD interval of the mean
4449 3.18 1 5
4487 3.48 Low High 1 5
5113 2.93 1 5
Austria 4517 3.12 1.035 3.15 3.21 1 5
Germany 5577 3.70 1 5
Sweden 5894 3.55 0.937 3.45 3.51 1 5
Netherlands 6539 3.51 1 5
Spain 3698 2.88 1.122 2.89 2.96 1 5
Italy 3998 3.35 1 5
France 3440 2.85 1.003 3.09 3.15 1 5
Denmark 6825 3.20 1 5
Greece 2232 3.54 0.971 3.67 3.72 1 5
Switzerland
Belgium 4856 3.64 1.023 3.53 3.58 1 5
Israel
Czech 2687 4.13 0.981 3.48 3.53 1 5
Republic 464 2.85 1 5
Poland 1333 3.93 1.153 2.84 2.92 1 5
Ireland 931 3.89 1 5
Hungary 1264 3.60 0.962 3.32 3.38 1 5
Portugal 3554 4.06 1 5
Slovenia 71858 3.41 0.959 2.82 2.88 1 5
Estonia
Together 0.980 3.17 3.22
1.182 3.49 3.58
0.915 3.62 3.67
0.891 4.09 4.16
1.117 2.75 2.95
0.969 3.88 3.98
0.921 3.83 3.95
1.040 3.54 3.66
0.768 4.04 4.09
1.055 3.40 3.41
asked older people whether they need help from the persons that live outside
of their household. The number of participants who claimed they are self-suffi-
cient was very high, as 1090 (86 %) of the elderly stated that they do not use help
from the outside of the household, while in the remaining countries only 42186
(74 %) of the elderly do not use help from the outside of their household. Addi-
tionally, Table 1 shows that almost half of the respondents (46 %) in Slovenia re-
ported that they perform sports or high intensity activities less than once per
week, while in other countries this rate was as high as 55 %.
The lowest estimate of self-assessment of health was reported by the old-
er people in Ireland (2.85 ± 1.12) and Switzerland (2.85 ± 0.96). The highest self-
assessed health was reported in Poland with an average of 4.13 ± 0.89. We also
confirmed the statistically significant difference in self-assessed health among
compared countries (F = 500,50, p <0,001). Higher self-assessed health level
was observed in older people who receive help from the outside of their house-
hold. Most participants in Slovenia rated their health on the scale from 1 to 5
with 2 (34 %), followed by 3 (33 %). In other countries the most frequent level of
health was 3 (35 %), followed by 2 (32 %).
Table 2: Summary of health self-assesment
Self-assessment of health
N Mean 95 % confidence Min Max
SD interval of the mean
4449 3.18 1 5
4487 3.48 Low High 1 5
5113 2.93 1 5
Austria 4517 3.12 1.035 3.15 3.21 1 5
Germany 5577 3.70 1 5
Sweden 5894 3.55 0.937 3.45 3.51 1 5
Netherlands 6539 3.51 1 5
Spain 3698 2.88 1.122 2.89 2.96 1 5
Italy 3998 3.35 1 5
France 3440 2.85 1.003 3.09 3.15 1 5
Denmark 6825 3.20 1 5
Greece 2232 3.54 0.971 3.67 3.72 1 5
Switzerland
Belgium 4856 3.64 1.023 3.53 3.58 1 5
Israel
Czech 2687 4.13 0.981 3.48 3.53 1 5
Republic 464 2.85 1 5
Poland 1333 3.93 1.153 2.84 2.92 1 5
Ireland 931 3.89 1 5
Hungary 1264 3.60 0.962 3.32 3.38 1 5
Portugal 3554 4.06 1 5
Slovenia 71858 3.41 0.959 2.82 2.88 1 5
Estonia
Together 0.980 3.17 3.22
1.182 3.49 3.58
0.915 3.62 3.67
0.891 4.09 4.16
1.117 2.75 2.95
0.969 3.88 3.98
0.921 3.83 3.95
1.040 3.54 3.66
0.768 4.04 4.09
1.055 3.40 3.41
