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Table 2 Prevalence (%) of self-reported health status, chronic diseases, medication, general practitioner (GP) visit and oral health status in the homeless population and in the general population in Hungary

From: Health status and health behaviour of the Hungarian homeless people

 

Homeless population

Lowest income quintile of the general population

General population

Roofless

Houseless

Insecure housing

Inadequate housing

P-value*

Overall

 

P-value†

 

P-value‡

Self-reported health status

 Good/very good

2.4

4.3

6.3

14.3

0.001

5.1

36.4

< 0.001

56.4

< 0.001

 Fair

56.5

46.3

60.4

51

51.1

36.7

30.9

 Bad/very bad

37.9

35.1

16.7

24.5

32.7

26.9

12.7

 Do not know

3.2

14.3

16.7

10.2

11.1

0

0

Self-reported oral health status

 Poor dental status

79.7

79.6

72.9

81.6

0.7

79.1

42.0

< 0.001

25.6

< 0.001

 Having missing tooth

96.7

96.9

88.9

97.8

0.12

96.1

81.0

< 0.001

70.9

< 0.001

 Having a prosthesis

5.7

8.5

8.5

10.9

0.7

8.0

38.1

< 0.001

48.5

< 0.001

Prevalence of self-reported chronic diseases

76.6

85.3

56.3

73.5

< 0.001

70.4

59.2

< 0.001

49.5

< 0.001

Prevalence of comorbidity

36.3

46.1

41.7

20.4

0.007

40.1

23.5

< 0.001

14.3

< 0.001

Medication

25.0

37.2

25.0

22.5

< 0.001

30.9

56.8

< 0.001

63.3

< 0.001

Medication among people with chronic disease

37.2

45.7

39.3

35.7

0.3

34.8

92.4

< 0.001

91.8

< 0.001

GP visit

 Within 12 months

33.1

42.4

35.4

28.6

0.22

37.6

77.7

< 0.001

75.6

< 0.001

 12 months or earlier

57.3

48.9

52.1

53.1

52.0

21.3

23.8

 Never

9.7

8.7

12.5

18.4

10.4

1.0

0.6

GP visit among people with chronic disease

 Within 12 months

43.6

48.4

39.3

46.4

0.9

41.4

92.8

< 0.001

91.4

< 0.001

 12 months or earlier

47.4

44.6

53.6

46.4

51.3

7.2

8.4

 Never

9.0

7.1

7.1

7.1

7.3

0

0.2

  1. *Comparing the different homeless categories
  2. † Comparing the overall homeless category to the lowest income quintile of the general population
  3. ‡ Comparing the overall homeless category to the general population