Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of included participants
| Variable | Practice | Intervention (n = 29) | Usual care (n = 5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A (n = 18) | B (n = 7) | C (n = 4) | |||
| Age, mean (SD) | 81.00 (8.66) | 84.29 (8.16) | 80.00 (4.16) | 81.66 (8.01) | 79.40 (8.08) |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 12 (67%) | 7 (100%) | 3 (75%) | 22 (76%) | 4 (80%) |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| White – British | 18 (100%) | 6 (86%) | 4 (100%) | 28 (97%) | 4 (80%) |
| White – other | 0 (0%) | 1 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 1 (20%) |
| Age at completion of education | |||||
| Before 15 years old | 4 (22%) | 2 (29%) | 2 (50%) | 8 (28%) | 0 (0%) |
| 15 or 16 years old | 6 (33%) | 1 (14%) | 2 (50%) | 9 (31%) | 1 (20%) |
| 17 to 20 years old | 5 (28%) | 2 (29%) | 0 (0%) | 7 (24%) | 2 (40%) |
| After 21 years old | 3 (17%) | 2 (29%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (17%) | 2 (40%) |
| Revised Family Resources Survey | |||||
| Finances do not impair standard of living in any measures | 17 (94%) | 7 (100%) | 4 (100%) | 28 (97%) | 5 (100%) |
| Finances impair standard of living in 1 or more measures | 1 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) |
| Lubben Social Network Scale 6-item, mean (SD) | 14.44 (6.05) | 14.00 (6.22) | 16.00 (6.27) | 14.55 (5.93) | 15.40 (6.19) |
| Activities of Daily Living, mean (SD) | 1.06 (1.85) | 1.00 (1.15) | 0.50 (1.00) | 0.96 (1.57) | 0.80 (1.10) |
| Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, mean (SD) | 0.41 (0.71) | 0.57 (0.79) | 0.50 (1.00) | 0.46 (0.74) | 1.00 (1.00) |
| Distance from home to GP surgery, mean (SD) | 0.77 (0.29) | 2.09 (2.17) | 3.95 (2.34) | 1.56 (1.74) | 3.58 (2.45) |
| How do you usually get to the GP surgery? | |||||
| Walk | 7 (32%) | 3 (38%) | 1 (14%) | 11 (30%) | 0 (0%) |
| Public transport | 3 (14%) | 1 (13%) | 2 (29%) | 6 (16%) | 2 (25%) |
| Taxi | 10 (145%) | 1 (13%) | 2 (29%) | 13 (35%) | 1 (13%) |
| Community transport | 0 (0%) | 1 (13%) | 1 (14%) | 2 (5%) | 0 (0%) |
| Lift from a friend or relative | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (14%) | 1 (3%) | 3 (38%) |
| Home visits only | 0 (0%) | 2 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (5%) | 1 (13%) |
| Other | 2 (9%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (5%) | 1 (13%) |
| Recommend surgery | |||||
| No, definitely not | 0 (0%) | 1 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) |
| Not sure | 1 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) |
| Yes, probably | 7 (39%) | 1 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (28%) | 0 (0%) |
| Yes, definitely | 10 (56%) | 5 (71%) | 4 (100%) | 19 (66%) | 5 (100%) |
GP general practice, SD standard deviation