Table 2.
Participant health status, frequency of GP visit, and reason for current visit overall and by presence of a chronic disease
| Variable | Total n (%) |
Patients with chronic disease n (%)a |
Patients without chronic disease n (%)a |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How would you describe your health status in general:b | <0.0001 | |||
| Very good | 409 (20.9%) | 52 (4.5%) | 353 (44.9%) | |
| Good | 750 (38.4%) | 428 (37.1%) | 317 (40.3%) | |
| Satisfactory | 617 (31.4%) | 502 (43.5%) | 111 (14.1%) | |
| Poor | 178 (9.1%) | 171 (14.8%) | 6 (0.8%) | |
| Do you have your own personal physician who you consult when you are ill?c | <0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 1567 (80.6%) | 1022 (89.2%) | 536 (68.1%) | |
| No | 378 (19.4%) | 124 (10.8%) | 251 (31.9%) | |
| Over the past six months, how often did you visit or consulted a general practitioner?d | <0.0001 | |||
| Never | 446 (22.9%) | 108 (9.6%) | 337 (46.0%) | |
| Once | 405 (20.8%) | 181 (16.1%) | 221 (30.2%) | |
| 2–4 times | 545 (28.0%) | 409 (36.4%) | 129 (17.6%) | |
| ≥ 5 times | 475 (24.4%) | 427 (38.0%) | 45 (6.1%) | |
| Do not know | 78 (4.0%) | 27 (2.3%) | 51 (6.5%) | |
| Reason of current visite | ||||
| Sick/Unwell | 729 (37.3%) | 387 (33.6%) | 338 (42.9%) | <0.0001 |
| Medical check-up | 422 (21.6%) | 262 (22.7%) | 258 (20.1%) | 0.160 |
| Prescription | 877 (44.9%) | 713 (61.8%) | 157 (19.9%) | <0.0001 |
| Referral | 216 (11.0%) | 140 (12.1%) | 75 (9.5%) | 0.070 |
| Health certificate | 106 (5.4%) | 41 (3.6%) | 64 (8.1%) | <0.0001 |
| Second opinion | 128 (6.5%) | 77 (6.7%) | 50 (6.3%) | 0.771 |
| Other | 130 (6.6%) | 43 (3.7%) | 86 (10.9%) | <0.0001 |
aBased on 1950 cases for the variable presence of chronic disease
bBased on sample size of 1954; cBased on a sample size of 1945; dBased on a sample size 1949; eBased on a sample size of 1955