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. 2019 Apr 11;8(2):e000394. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000394

Table 2.

Frequency distributions and mean scores for personal well-being (PWS), health status (howRu), health confidence (HCS) and patient experience (howRwe) by gender, age group, encounter type and number of medications taken

Variable n Personal well-being (PWS) Health status (howRu) Health confidence (HCS) Patient experience (howRwe)
Overall 1324 (100%) 60.4 65.4 70.6 89.2
Gender
 Male 795 (60.0%) 59.5 65.1 71.4 89.8
 Female 515 (38.9%) 61.4 65.8 69.4 88.0
 N/A 14 (1.1%) 75.7 62.5 71.5 90.9
Age group
 20–29 11 (0.8%) 38.6 54.5 62.1 94.4
 30–39 15 (1.1%) 32.8 54.4 65.0 91.7
 40–49 7 (0.5%) 56.0 65.5 69.0 100.0
 50–59 36 (2.7%) 41.9 50.9 66.2 84.9
 60–69 82 (6.2%) 46.0 56.6 65.5 86.3
 70–79 256 (19.3%) 57.3 62.4 68.3 87.7
 80–89 651 (49.2%) 63.6 68.3 72.7 89.8
 90–99 226 (17.1%) 64.9 67.1 70.6 91.3
 100+ 3 (0.2%) 66.7 41.7 72.2 75.0
 N/A 37 (2.8%) 64.6 67.0 69.7 80.3
Type
 On referral 647 (48.9%) 56.0 62.4 66.7 85.4
 Post referral 677 (51.1%) 64.6 68.2 74.4 91.7
No of medications
 None 27 (2.0%) 60.7 76.0 71.8 89.9
 1 or 2 122 (9.2%) 55.9 66.3 68.5 85.4
 3 to 5 539 (40.7%) 63.2 70.6 73.4 90.1
 6 to 9 413 (31.2%) 60.6 63.3 69.5 89.7
 10 or more 186 (14.0%) 54.8 53.9 66.7 87.3
 N/A 37 (2.8%) 60.5 60.7 67.6 85.0