Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample

 mean (SD)

62.6 (13.4)

66.3 (11.5)

63.9 (12.8)

52.7 (14.9)

58.1 (14.4)

54.5 (14.9)

 Min–max

38–90

43–91

38–91

22–84

26–85

22–85

 Man

39 (39.8)

22 (41.5)

61 (40.4)

38 (41.3)

17 (36.2)

55 (39.6)

 Women

59 (60.2)

31 (58.8)

90 (59.6)

55 (58.7)

30 (63.8)

85 (60.4)

 Single

11 (11.2)

3 (5.7)

14 (9.3)

18 (19.6)

6 (12.8)

24 (17.3)

 Married

48 (49.0)

31 (58.5)

79 (52.3)

67 (71.7)

33 (70.2)

100 (71.2)

 Divorced

20 (20.4)

6 (11.3)

26 (17.2)

6 (6.5)

7 (14.9)

13 (9.4)

 Widow/er

19 (19.4)

13 (24.5)

32 (21.2)

2 (2.2)

1 (2.1)

3 (2.2)

 Elementary

17 (17.3)

11 (20.8)

28 (18.5)

4 (4.3)

10 (21.3)

14 (10.0)

 Secondary

69 (70.4)

38 (71.6)

107 (70.8)

62 (66.6)

28 (59.6)

90 (64.3)

 Higher

3 (3.1)

0 (0.0)

3 (2.0)

15 (16.1)

5 (10.6)

20 (14.3)

 Tertiary

9 (9.2)

4 (7.5)

13 (8.6)

12 (12.9)

4 (8.5)

16 (11.4)

 Employee

3 (3.1)

2 (3.8)

5 (3.3)

58 (62.4)

20 (41.3)

78 (55.7)

 Unemployed

0 (0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.1)

2 (4.3)

3 (2.1)

 Invalid pensioner

48 (49.0)

21 (39.6)

69 (45.7)

2 (2.2)

3 (6.5)

5 (3.6)

 Old-age pensioner

47 (48.0)

30 (56.6)

77 (51.0)

3 (3.2)

18 (39.1)

21 (15.0)

 Other

0 (0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

29 (31.1)

4 (6.5)

33 (23.6)

 Yes

84 (85.7)

48 (90.6)

132 (87.4)

74 (79.6)

41 (87.2)

115 (82.1)

 Mean (SD)

16.4 (11.6)

10.1 (7.7)

14.1 (10.8)

10.2 (8.8)

7.33 (8.5)

9.21 (8.7)

 Min-max

2–37 years

2–30 years

2–37 years

1–25 years

0–22 years

0–25 years

 Multiple sclerosis

54 (55.1)

34 (64.2)

88 (58.3)

51 (54.8)

31 (65.9)

82 (58.7)

 Parkinson’s

42 (42.9)

16 (30.2)

58 (38.4)

40 (43.0)

13 (27.7)

53 (37.6)

 Motor neuron

2 (2.0)

3 (5.6)

5 (3.3)

2 (2.2)

3 (6.4)

5 (3.7)