Table 1.
Characteristics of participants enrolled in the study, separately for outpatients of a university clinic and outpatients from private practices
| Characteristics | Outpatients from a university clinic (N1=2158) |
Outpatients from private practices (N2=649) |
| Age (n1=2122; n2=622) | 52 (15) | 52 (17) |
| Women (n1=2151; n2=648) | 1027 (48) | 423 (65) |
| Type of disease (n1=1746; n2=444) | ||
| Tumour disease | 426 (24) | 30 (7) |
| Donor organ | 165 (10) | 5 (1) |
| Never been seriously ill | 438 (25) | 280 (63) |
| Other chronic illness | 580 (33) | 118 (27) |
| Proxy | 137 (8) | 11 (2) |
| Marital status (n1=2153; n2=643) | ||
| Never married | 377 (18) | 119 (19) |
| Married/cohabitation | 1508 (70) | 431 (67) |
| Divorced | 153 (7) | 45 (7) |
| Widowed | 115 (5) | 48 (7) |
| Education (n1=2119; n2=630) | ||
| Secondary education (nine grades) | 982 (46) | 266 (42) |
| Secondary education (10 grades) | 645 (31) | 226 (36) |
| A level (13 grades) | 423 (20) | 118 (19) |
| Elementary (grades 1–4) | 69 (3) | 20 (3) |
| Qualification (n1=2081; n2=619) | ||
| Non-academic professional | 1598 (77) | 482 (78) |
| Academic professional | 318 (15) | 92 (15) |
| No professional qualification | 165 (8) | 45 (7) |
| Location (n1=2127; n2=643) | ||
| Urban area | 588 (28) | 213 (33) |
| Rural area | 1539 (72) | 430 (67) |
Sample sizes (n1, n2) for particular variables differ from the total sample sizes (N1, N2) due to missing values. For age, the means (SD in brackets) in years are given. For all other variables, the numbers of participants (percentages in brackets) are given