Characteristics of survey responders (all data self-reported)
| Variablea | Number | % (ofN for variable) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 75 (8.6) | ||
| Age category in years N = 827 Missing n = 8 (1.0%) | 55–59 | 40 | 4.8 |
| 60–64 | 58 | 7.0 | |
| 65–69 | 125 | 15.1 | |
| 70–74 | 175 | 21.2 | |
| 75–79 | 173 | 20.9 | |
| 80–84 | 136 | 16.4 | |
| 85–89 | 83 | 10.0 | |
| 90–94 | 34 | 4.1 | |
| ≥95 | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Sex N = 829 Missing n = 6 (0.7%) | Male | 376 | 45.4 |
| Female | 453 | 54.6 | |
| Ethnicity N = 829 Missing n = 6 (0.7%) | White | 822 | 99.2 |
| Other than whiteb | 7 | 0.8 | |
| Marital status N = 826 Missing n = 9 (1.1%) | Married or in a partnership | 520 | 63.0 |
| Widowed | 180 | 21.8 | |
| Divorced or dissolved partnership | 94 | 11.4 | |
| Singlec | 32 | 3.9 | |
| Living situation N = 827 Missing n = 8 (1.0%) | Cohabitingd | 565 | 68.3 |
| Lives alone | 262 | 31.7 | |
| Home ownership N = 825 Missing n = 10 (1.2%) | Home ownere | 654 | 79.3 |
| Non-home owner | 171 | 20.7 | |
| Employment status N = 827 Missing n = 8 (1.0%) | Retired | 716 | 86.6 |
| Employed (full/part time) | 67 | 8.1 | |
| Unemployed | 22 | 2.7 | |
| Other | 22 | 2.7 | |
| Smoking status N = 826 Missing n = 9 (1.1%) | Current smoker | 44 | 5.3 |
| Ex-smoker | 440 | 53.3 | |
| Never smoked | 342 | 41.4 | |
| Number of long-term conditionsf N = 824 Missing n = 11 (1.3%) | 0 | 7 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 95 | 11.5 | |
| 2 | 223 | 27.1 | |
| 3 | 255 | 30.9 | |
| 4 | 138 | 16.7 | |
| 5 | 69 | 8.4 | |
| ≥6 | 37 | 4.5 | |
| Medications prescribed (number on repeat) N = 826 Missing n = 9 (1.1%) | 0–3 | 130 | 15.7 |
| 4–6 | 315 | 38.1 | |
| 7–9 | 204 | 24.7 | |
| 10–14 | 131 | 15.9 | |
| ≥15 | 46 | 5.6 | |
| Treatment burden category (Measure: MTBQ) N = 833 Missing n = 2 (0.2%) | High | 150 | 18.0 |
| Medium | 224 | 26.9 | |
| Low | 268 | 32.2 | |
| None | 191 | 22.9 | |
| Health literacy (frequency of needing reading help) (Measure: SILS) N = 830 Missing n = 5 (0.6%) | Never | 554 | 66.7 |
| Rarely | 137 | 16.5 | |
| Sometimes | 73 | 8.8 | |
| Often | 34 | 4.1 | |
| Always | 32 | 3.9 | |
| Financial difficulty with health care N = 828 Missing n = 7 (0.8%) | Not difficult or n/a | 609 | 73.6 |
| A little | 146 | 17.6 | |
| Quite | 44 | 5.3 | |
| Very | 24 | 2.9 | |
| Extreme | 5 | 0.6 | |
| Travel time to hospital N = 760 Missing or n/a, n = 75 (9.0%) | ≤1 hour | 707 | 93.0 |
| >1 hour | 53 | 7.0 | |
| Travel time to GP N = 826 Missing n = 9 (1.1%) | ≤10 minutes | 505 | 61.1 |
| >10 minutes | 321 | 38.9 | |
| Number of outpatient appointments in last 6 months N = 761 Missing n = 74 (8.9%) | 0–2 | 605 | 79.5 |
| ≥3 | 156 | 20.5 | |
| Number of GP appointments in last 6 months N = 724 Missing n = 111 (13.3%) | 0–2 | 466 | 64.4 |
| ≥3 | 258 | 35.6 | |
↵a Missing percentages are based on overall survey responder denominator of 835.
↵b ’Other than white’ ethnicity comprises categories of ‘Mixed/multiple ethnic groups’, ‘Asian/Asian British’, ‘Black/African/Caribbean/black British’, or ‘Other ethnic group’, combined.
↵c Single means never married or in a civil partnership.
↵d Cohabiting means living with any of spouse/partner, child(ren), or other person.
↵e Home owner means owning or jointly owning one’s current home, including having a mortgage.
↵f For number of long-term conditions (LTCs): if responders had not ticked any LTC survey tick-box and not provided LTC freetext in the survey, LTC data are considered missing; if responders had not ticked any LTC tick-box but had provided some freetext (that did not itself indicate a survey-specified LTC), their LTC count is considered 0. MTBQ = Multimorbidity Treatment Burden Questionnaire. n/a = not applicable. p’ship = civil partnership. SILS = Single Item Literacy Screener.