Table 3.

Baseline characteristics of included participants (n = 276)

Variable		Number	Percent
Female		169	61.2
Age	50–54 years	11	4.0
	55–59 years	27	7.8
	60–64 years	57	20.9
	70–74 years	65	23.6
	75–79 years	47	17.0
	80+ years	35	12.0
	Not available	1	0.4
Educational attainment	No qualification	99	35.9
	CSE or equivalent	24	8.7
	GCE O level or equivalent	63	22.8
	GCE A level or equivalent	22	8.0
	Higher education below degree	36	13.0
	Degree or equivalent	13	4.7
	Not available	19	6.9
Occupation	Routine occupations	74	26.8
	Semi-routine occupations	134	48.6
	Lower supervisory and technical occupations	63	22.8
	Small employers and own account workers	3	1.1
	Not available	2	0.7
Use of public transport	Every day or nearly every day	11	4.0
	Two or three times a week	26	9.4
	Once a week	19	6.9
	Two or three times a month	24	8.7
	Once a month or less	83	30.1
	Never	113	40.9
Road travel time to GP surgery (minutes)		4.80a	2.76 to 7.88b
Frequency of lifts from family or friends not living with them	Every day or nearly every day	1	0.4
	Two or three times a week	17	6.2
	Once a week	22	8.0
	Two or three times a month	17	6.2
	Once a month or less	25	9.1
	Never	194	70.3
Frequency of internet or email use	Every day or almost every day	80	29.0
	At least once a week (but not every day)	42	15.2
	At least once a month (but not every week)	11	4.0
	At least once every 3 months (but not every month)	4	1.5
	Less than every 3 months	6	2.2
	Never	112	40.6
	Not available	2	7.6
Questions answered correctly in health literacy tests	0	1	0.4
	1	9	3.3
	2	17	6.2
	3	45	16.3
	4	180	65.2
	Not available	24	8.7

n number, SD standard deviation, GCE General Certificate of Education, CSE Certificate of Secondary Education

^a median

^b interquartile range