Characteristic | n (%)a |
---|---|
Age, years, mean (SD) | 74.5 (8.0) |
Age category, years (n= 298) | |
55–59 | 14 (4.7) |
60–64 | 17 (5.7) |
65–69 | 45 (15.1) |
70–74 | 77 (25.8) |
75–79 | 66 (22.1) |
80–84 | 44 (14.8) |
85–89 | 28 (9.4) |
90–94 | 7 (2.3) |
Sex (n= 300) | |
Male | 129 (42.9) |
Female | 171 (56.8) |
Education level (n= 291) | |
NVQ4/NVQ5/Degree | 80 (27.5) |
NVQ3/GCE A Level/4NVQ2/GCE O Level/5NVQ1/CSE other grade | 92 (31.6) |
No qualification | 118 (40.5) |
Other | 1 (0.3) |
Ethnicity (n= 299) | |
White | 298 (99.7) |
Other | 1 (0.3) |
Marital status (n= 300) | |
Married or in a partnership | 189 (63.0) |
Widowed | 69 (23.0) |
Divorced or dissolved partnership | 31 (10.3) |
Single | 11 (3.7) |
Living situation (n= 299) | |
Cohabiting | 204 (68.2) |
Lives alone | 95 (31.8) |
Home ownership (n= 298) | |
Homeowner | 250 (83.9) |
Non-homeowner | 48 (16.1) |
Employment status (n= 300) | |
Retired | 265 (88.3) |
Employed | 23 (7.7) |
Unemployed | 6 (2.0) |
Other | 6 (2.0) |
Smoking status (n= 300) | |
Current smoker | 13 (4.3) |
Ex-smoker | 153 (51.0) |
Never smoked | 134 (44.7) |
Long-term conditions (n= 300) | |
0 | 6 (2.0) |
1 | 27 (9.0) |
2 | 89 (29.7) |
3 | 94 (31.3) |
4 | 50 (16.7) |
5 | 19 (6.3) |
≥6 | 15 (5.0) |
Medications prescribed (n= 298) | |
0–3 | 46 (15.4) |
4–6 | 108 (36.2) |
7–9 | 90 (30.2) |
10–14 | 40 (13.4) |
≥15 | 14 (4.7) |
Treatment burden category (n= 300) | |
High | 46 (15.3) |
Medium | 84 (28.0) |
Low | 86 (28.7) |
None | 84 (28.0) |
Health literacy (n= 299) | |
Never | 210 (70.2) |
Rarely | 53 (17.7) |
Sometimes | 23 (7.7) |
Often | 8 (2.7) |
Always | 5 (1.7) |
Financial difficulty with health care (n= 297) | |
Not difficult or not applicable | 236 (79.5) |
A little | 44 (14.8) |
Quite | 10 (3.4) |
Very | 7 (2.4) |
Extreme | 0 (0.0) |
Travel time to hospital, hours (n= 276)b | |
≤1 | 260 (94.2) |
>1 | 16 (5.8) |
Travel time to GP, minutes (n= 296)c | |
≤10 | 187 (63.2) |
>10 | 109 (36.8) |
Out-patient appointments in last 6 months (n= 272) | |
0–2 | 225 (82.7) |
≥3 | 47 (17.3) |
↵a Unless otherwise stated.
↵b For travel to hospital: 207 (75.0%) travelled by car, 12 (4.3%) walked, 25 (9.1%) by taxi, and 29 (10.5%) by bus; answer not provided, n = 3 (1.1%).
↵c The majority (n = 191, 64.5%) reported travelling to their GP by car, with 72 (24.3%), 13 (4.4%), and 11 (3.7%) reporting walking, taxi, and bus, respectively as their means of travel; answer not provided, n = 9 (3.0%).