Relationships between Loneliness and Occupational Dysfunction in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Participants’ characteristics.

Characteristic	Frequency ()
Age, (years)
Female (%)	83.8
Education (%)	Junior school graduate: 0; Junior high school graduate: 13.7; High school graduate: 47.2; College graduate: 39.1
Economic conditions (%)	Very rich: 1.4; Somewhat rich: 16.2; Normal: 62.1; Slightly difficult: 16.2; Very difficult: 4.1
Living alone (%)	32.4
Depression (score), medians (first-third quartile value)	0 (0–1)
JST-IC (score), medians (first-third quartile value)	13.5 (11–15)
LSNS-6 (score), medians (first-third quartile value)	17.5 (15–20)
Occupational dysfunction (%)	23.0
CAOD (score),
UCLA-LS3-J (score),

SD: standard deviation; JST-IC: Japan Science and Technology Agency Index of Competence; LSNS-6: Japanese version of the abbreviated Lubben Social Network Scale; CAOD: Classification and Assessment of Occupational Dysfunction; UCLA-LS3-J: Japanese version of the UCLA Loneliness Scale Version 3.