The Influence of Chronic Illness and Lifestyle Behaviors on Quality of Life among Older Thais

Table 1

Sociodemographic data.

	No.	%
Region
Northeast	428	33.49
North	400	31.30
Central	450	35.21
Gender
Male	485	37.95
Female	793	62.05
Ages (years)
60–70	687	53.76
71–80	423	33.10
81–90	154	12.05
>90	14	1.10
Marital status
Single	45	3.69
Married	600	49.26
Divorced	26	2.13
Widowed (spouse died)	479	39.33
Couple (not married)	68	5.58
Education level
No education	253	19.80
Primary	986	77.15
Secondary	28	2.19
Certificate	8	0.63
Undergraduate or postgraduate	3	0.23
Incomes (Baht/month)
500–1,000 ($17–$35)	707	55.32
1,000–5,000 ($35–$165)	447	34.98
5,000–10,000 ($165–$335)	93	7.28
10,000–50,000 ($335–$1,665)	29	2.27
>50,000 (>$1665)	2	0.16
Illness
No	302	23.63
Yes	876	68.54
Don’t know	100	7.82
Having chronic diseases	()
One	480	54.79
Two	259	29.57
Three	100	11.42
More than three	37	4.22
Smoking status
Nonsmoker	927	72.54
Ever smoker (now quit)	159	12.44
Current smoker	192	15.02
Quit smoking (years)	()
1–10	94	59.12
11–20	35	22.01
21–30	20	12.58
>30	10	6.29
Smoking frequency	()
1–5 times/day	119	74.38
5–10 times/day	33	20.63
>10 times/day	8	5
Missing data	32	16.67
Quantity of cigarettes (a day)	()
1–10	170	90.43
11–20	16	8.51
>20	2	1.06
Missing data	4	2.08
Drinking status
Nondrinker	986	77.15
Ever drinker (now quit)	144	11.27
Current drinker	148	11.58
Quit drinking (years)	()
1–10	95	66.43
11–20	28	19.58
21–30	15	10.49
>30	5	3.50
Missing data	1	0.69
Drinking frequency	()
Once a month	46	31.29
1–3 times a week	48	32.65
3–5 times a week	26	17.69
5–7 times a week (almost every day)	27	18.37
Missing data	1	0.68
Quantity of alcohol consumption	()
100–125 ml (one glass)	65	56.52
150–190 ml (1/4 a bottle)	29	25.22
190–375 ml (1/2 a bottle)	13	11.30
375–565 ml (3/4 a bottle)	2	1.74
750 ml or more (1 bottle or more)	6	5.22
Missing data	33	22.30