Table 3.
Baseline data on illness and treatment burden (participants)
| ICC (95% CI) | |||
| Health-related quality of life—EQ5D (n=1546) | Mean (SD), range −0.51 to 1.00 | 0.558 (0.287) | 0.033 (0.007 to 0.059) |
| General health (n=1546) | Poor | 321 (21%) | 0.034 (0.008 to 0.060) |
| Fair | 681 (45%) | ||
| Good | 429 (28%) | ||
| Very good | 88 (6%) | ||
| Excellent | 5 (0.3%) | ||
| Bayliss et al 23 | Mean count (SD), n, range 1–73 | 7.5 (3.2), 1543 | 0.003 (0.000 to 0.014) |
| Mean illness burden* (SD), n, range 1–26 | 18.8 (12.4), 1458 | 0.023 (0.001 to 0.046) |
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| Depression—HADS (n=1512) | Normal (0–7) | 932 (62%) | 0.041 (0.011 to 0.070) |
| Mild (8–10) | 285 (19%) | ||
| Moderate (11–14) | 211 (14%) | ||
| Severe (15–21) | 84 (6%) | ||
| Anxiety—HADS (n=1506) |
Normal (0–7) | 964 (64%) | 0.029 (0.005 to 0.053) |
| Mild (8–10) | 246 (16%) | ||
| Moderate (11–14) | 204 (14%) | ||
| Severe (15–21) | 92 (6%) | ||
| Mean no of medications (self-report) | Mean (SD), range 0–34 | 8.36 (3.94) | 0.018 (0.000 to 0.039) |
| No of medications (n=1396) | 0–4 | 171 (12%) | 0.018 (0.000 to 0.039) |
| 5–9 | 781 (56%) | ||
| 10–14 | 350 (25%) | ||
| 15+ | 94 (7%) | ||
| Multimorbidity Treatment Burden Questionnaire (n=1524) | None (0) | 308 (20%) | 0.026 (0.003 to 0.049) |
| Low (<10) | 385 (25%) | ||
| Medium (10–22) | 425 (28%) | ||
| High (≥22) | 406 (27%) |
*Each self-reported health condition is weighted by the extent to which it affects the participant’s life, from 1 (not at all) to 5 (a lot).
HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; ICC, intracluster correlation coefficient.