Table 4.

Predictors of the PACIC score assessed by multilevel regression analyses among CVD patients (n = 1.570) and COPD patients (n = 917)

	Patient population
	CVD patients		COPD patients
	B	SE	B	SE
Age	−0.118***	0.003	−0.106***	0.030
Gender (female)	−0.036	0.052	0.007	0.029
Marital status (married)	−0.021	0.059	0.097	0.029
Educational level (1–6)	0.019	0.095	0.007	0.028
Quality of life
Physical Component Score	−0.007	0.003	−0.023	0.032
Mental Component Score	−0.061	0.004	−0.070	0.044
Depressive symptoms	−0.082*	0.076	−0.119***	0.094
Explained variance
Individual level	29%		36%
Organisational level	14%		17%

Notes. *p < 0.05: **p < 0.01: ***p < 0.001 (two-tailed). The Intra Class Correlation (ICC) value is 0.036

which means that 3,6% of individual-level variance can be explained by group membership.

PACIC, Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care.

CVD, Cardio Vascular Diseases.

COPD, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

SE, Standard Error.