From: Health status and health behaviour of the Hungarian homeless people
Homeless population | Lowest income quintile of the general population | General population | ||||||||
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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 |