Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the patients included in the study (N=110).
| Variable | Totala | Low satisfaction (n=26) | High satisfaction (n=84) | P value | ||||||
| Age group (y), n (%) | .04b | |||||||||
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<55 | 11 (10) | 2 (7.7) | 9 (10.7) |
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55-64 | 18 (16.4) | 3 (11.5) | 15 (17.8) |
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65-74 | 25 (25.5) | 4 (15.4) | 24 (28.6) |
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75-84 | 40 (36.4) | 16 (61.5) | 24 (28.6) |
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≥85 | 13 (11.8) | 1 (3.8) | 12 (14.3) |
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| Sex, n (%) | .52 | |||||||||
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Female | 49 (44.5) | 13 (50) | 36 (42.9) |
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Male | 61 (55.5) | 13 (50) | 48 (57.1) |
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| Distance (km), mean (SD) | 17.73 (16.52) | 13.53 (11.65) | 19.03 (17.61) | .31 | ||||||
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1-20, n (%) | 77 (70) | 21 (80.8) | 56 (66.7) |
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21-40, n (%) | 21 (19.1) | 4 (15.4) | 17 (20.2) |
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>40, n (%) | 12 (10.9) | 1 (3.8) | 10 (13.1) |
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| Education, n (%) | .52 | |||||||||
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Grade 8 or lower | 7 (6.4) | 0 (0) | 7 (8.3) |
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High school | 35 (32.1) | 10 (40) | 25 (29.8) |
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College | 32 (29.4) | 6 (24) | 26 (31) |
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University | 24 (21.8) | 6 (24) | 18 (21.4) |
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Graduate school | 11 (10) | 3 (12) | 8 (9.5) |
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| Employment, n (%) | .68 | |||||||||
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Retired | 80 (73.4) | 20 (76.9) | 60 (72.3) |
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Working | 17 (15.6) | 2 (7.7) | 15 (18.1) |
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Unemployed | 4 (3.7) | 1 (3.8) | 3 (3.6) |
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Self-employed | 3 (2.8) | 1 (3.8) | 2 (2.4) |
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On disability | 5 (4.6) | 2 (7.7) | 3 (3.6) |
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| Marital status, n (%) | .42 | |||||||||
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Married | 76 (69.1) | 18 (69.2) | 58 (69.1) |
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Divorced | 11 (10) | 4 (15.4) | 7 (8.3) |
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Widowed | 17 (15.5) | 4 (15.4) | 13 (15.5) |
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Single | 6 (5.5) | 0 (0) | 6 (7.1) |
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| Living arrangement, n (%) | .69 | |||||||||
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With others | 85 (78) | 21 (80.8) | 64 (77.1) |
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Alone | 24 (22) | 5 (19.2) | 19 (22.9) |
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| Transportation, n (%) | .24 | |||||||||
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Drives | 67 (65) | 12 (54.5) | 55 (67.9) |
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Relies on others | 36 (35) | 10 (45.5) | 26 (32.1) |
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| Use of a cane or walker (yes), n (%) | 30 (27.5) | 8 (30.8) | 22 (26.2) | .57 | ||||||
| Language barrier (yes), n (%) | 10 (9.1) | 6 (23.1) | 4 (4.8) | .005c | ||||||
| Hearing impaired (yes), n (%) | 28 (25.5) | 9 (34.6) | 19 (22.6) | .22 | ||||||
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Affecting phone conversations (yes) | 14 (50) | 6 (66.7) | 8 (42.1) |
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| Vision impaired (yes), n (%) | 33 (30) | 8 (30.8) | 25 (29.8) | .92 | ||||||
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Affecting the use of a screen (yes) | 16 (50) | 5 (62.5) | 11 (45.8) | .41 | |||||
| The survey was consented to by the SDMd (yes), n (%) | 53 (49.1) | 18 (69.2) | 35 (41.7) | .01b | ||||||
| Web survey (yes), n (%) | 86 (78.2) | 24 (92.3) | 62 (73.8) | .046b | ||||||
aNote that the percentages are based on denominators that vary from the overall sample size of 110 because of missing data.
bP<.05.
cP<.01.
dSDM: substitute decision maker. Indicates that the survey was consented to and answered with the help of an SDM.