Table 1.
Patient characteristics, in brackets unity of individual characteristics
| Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Patients (n) | 19 |
| Age (mean/SD) [years] | 76.9 (10.0) |
| Female (n/%) | 14 (73.7) |
| Weight (mean/SD) [kg] | 76.5 (20.2) |
| Blood pressure (mean/SD) [mmHg] | |
| Systolic | 127.7 (8.3) |
| Diastolic | 76.2 (11.2) |
| Hba1c (mean/SD) [%] | 7.4 (0.6) |
| Drugs (mean/SD) | 8.9 (2.6) |
| Quality of life (mean/SD) [0–100] | 65.2 (17.1) |
| Severity of chief complaint (mean/SD) [0–10] | 5.3 (2.4) |
| Living situation (n/%) | |
| Living alone | 4 (21.1) |
| Living with family | 10 (52.6) |
| Living in a care center | 5 (26.3) |
| Length of patient-GP relationship (mean/SD) [years] | 10.4 (8.8) |
| Drugs not changed while recommended(n) | 34 |
| Drugs for acid related disorders (n/%) | 8 (23.5) |
| Analgetics (n/%) | 4 (11.2) |
| Anti-inflammatory and antirheumatics (n/%) | 4 (11.2) |
| Psycholeptics (n/%) | 3 (8.8) |
| Psychoanalgetics (n/%) | 3 (8.8) |
The content of the squared bracket specifies the unit used for the specific characteristic