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. 2017 Oct 15;7(10):e017620. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017620

Table 3.

Density for patterns of both professional and personal relation (n(%))

Relations Spouse/
partner
Children Parents Colleague/
classmate
Friend Neighbour Sibling General practitioner Another doctor Physiotherapist/chiropractor Home help/district nurse Pharmacy staff Alternative therapist None
personal relation
None
prof. relation
Spouse/
partner
146 745 (100.0) 22 254 (15.2) 19 109 (13.0) 20 489 (14.0) 30 548 (20.8) 4475 (3.0) 1395 (1.0) 41 479 (28.3) 30 569 (20.8) 9476 (6.5) 1294 (0.9) 2503 (1.7) 6588 (4.5) 0 (0.0) 85 250 (58.1)
Children 22 254 (71.4) 31 177 (100.0) 5744 (18.4) 7383 (23.7) 12 971 (41.6) 3635 (11.7) 622 (2.0) 15 319 (49.1) 12 029 (38.6) 4139 (13.3) 1021 (3.3) 894 (2.9) 2277 (7.3) 0 (0.0) 10 183 (32.7)
Parents 19 109 (65.2) 5744 (19.6) 29 290 (100.0) 9953 (34.0) 15 712 (53.6) 2081 (7.1) 758 (2.6) 11 339 (38.7) 8439 (28.8) 3263 (11.1) 416 (1.4) 930 (3.2) 2437 (8.3) 0 (0.0) 12 598 (43.0)
Colleague/
classmate
20 489 (72.3) 7383 (26.1) 9953 (35.1) 28 335 (100.0) 15 720 (55.5) 2653 (9.4) 563 (2.0) 9817 (34.6) 6976 (24.6) 3677 (13.0) 291 (1.0) 760 (2.7) 2406 (8.5) 0 (0.0) 13 632 (48.1)
Friend 30 548 (59.8) 12 971 (25.4) 15 712 (30.8) 15 720 (30.8) 51 065 (100.0) 4627 (9.1) 1222 (2.4) 19 258 (37.7) 14 501 (28.4) 5433 (10.6) 836 (1.6) 1396 (2.7) 4376 (8.6) 0 (0.0) 22 682 (44.4)
Neighbour 4475 (68.5) 3635 (55.6) 2081 (31.8) 2653 (40.6) 4627 (70.8) 6537 (100.0) 158 (2.4) 3435 (52.5) 3003 (45.9) 1265 (19.4) 266 (4.1) 284 (4.3) 733 (11.2) 0 (0.0) 1674 (25.6)
Sibling 1395 (42.5) 622 (19.0) 758 (23.1) 563 (17.2) 1222 (37.3) 158 (4.8) 3279 (100.0) 1330 (40.6) 900 (27.4) 234 (7.1) 133 (4.1) 73 (2.2) 152 (4.6) 0 (0.0) 1370 (41.8)
General practitioner 41 479 (70.9) 15 319 (26.2) 11 339 (19.4) 9817 (16.8) 19 258 (32.9) 3435 (5.9) 1330 (2.3) 58 504 (100.0) 26 921 (46.0) 6388 (10.9) 1237 (2.1) 1801 (3.1) 3903 (6.7) 6370 (10.9) 0 (0.0)
Another doctor 30 569 (73.6) 12 029 (29.0) 8439 (20.3) 6976 (16.8) 14 501 (34.9) 3003 (7.2) 900 (2.2) 26 921 (64.8) 41 539 (100.0) 4391 (10.6) 875 (2.1) 1192 (2.9) 2813 (6.8) 3827 (9.2) 0 (0.0)
Physiotherapist
/chiropractor
9476 (76.1) 4139 (33.2) 3263 (26.2) 3677 (29.5) 5433 (43.6) 1265 (10.2) 234 (1.9) 6388 (51.3) 4391 (35.3) 12 456 (100.0) 363 (2.9) 429 (3.4) 2100 (16.9) 887 (7.1) 0 (0.0)
Home help/district nurse 1294 (49.6) 1021 (39.1) 416 (15.9) 291 (11.1) 836 (32.0) 266 (10.2) 133 (5.1) 1237 (47.4) 875 (33.5) 363 (13.9) 2611 (100.0) 212 (8.1) 144 (5.5) 307 (11.8) 0 (0.0)
Pharmacy staff 2503 (66.7) 894 (23.8) 930 (24.8) 760 (20.2) 1396 (37.2) 284 (7.6) 73 (1.9) 1801 (48.0) 1192 (31.8) 429 (11.4) 212 (5.6) 3754 (100.0) 514 (13.7) 400 (10.7) 0 (0.0)
Alternative therapist 6588 (69.7) 2277 (24.1) 2437 (25.8) 2406 (25.4) 4376 (46.3) 733 (7.8) 152 (1.6) 3903 (41.3) 2813 (29.8) 2100 (22.2) 144 (1.5) 514 (5.4) 9455 (100.0) 1163 (12.3) 0 (0.0)
None
personal relation
0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 6370 (8.1) 3827 (4.9) 887 (1.1) 307 (0.4) 400 (0.5) 1163 (1.5) 78 214 (100.0) 67 774 (86.7)
None
professional relation
85 250 (49.5) 10 183 (5.9) 12 598 (7.3) 13 632 (7.9) 22 682 (13.2) 1674 (1.0) 1370 (0.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 67 774 (39.4) 1 72 148 (100.0)

Enhanced 2×2 table with all relations included.

Patterns for each possible relation must be read horizontal,for example, all pattern involving spouse/partner (146 745; 100%) are combined with children in 15.2% of the symptom experiences and so on. For each relation, the diagonal across the matrix sum up to 100%.

Bold, black=cut-off ≥50%.