Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Characteristics	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	n (%)
Age	65	45	70	58	71	56	57	70	55	25	72	50	55	69	70	50	70	70	70	70	25–72
Sex
Male	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓				✓	✓	✓	✓				✓					10 (50.0)
Female						✓	✓	✓					✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	10 (50.0)
Literacy
Illiterate								✓					✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	8 (40.0)
Literate	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓		✓							12 (60.0)
Education level
None/minimal primary school level								✓				✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	9 (45.0)
Completed lower primary school					✓		✓														2 (10.0)
Completed upper primary school						✓															1 (5.0)
Completed secondary school									✓												1 (5.0)
University graduate (or above)	✓			✓						✓	✓										4 (20.0)
No data		✓	✓											✓							3 (15.0)
Employment status
Employed		✓		✓	✓				✓			✓	✓	✓		✓					8 (40.0)
Unemployed						✓	✓	✓							✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	8 (40.0)
Student										✓											1 (5.0)
Retired	✓		✓								✓										3 (15.0)
Chronic NCD(s) (related to admission)*
Chronic respiratory disease			✓	✓		✓		✓					✓			✓					6 (30.0)
Diabetes	✓													✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	8 (40.0)
Hypertension									✓		✓	✓				✓	✓	✓			6 (30.0)
Cardiovascular disease (other than hypertension alone)	✓	✓			✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓									9 (45.0)
Language(s) used during interview
English (only)	✓	✓	✓	✓										✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	11 (55.0)
Hindi (only)						✓	✓	✓	✓												4 (20.0)
Malayalam (only)										✓	✓	✓	✓								4 (20.0)
English and Hindi (mixture)					✓																1 (5.0)

*Patients could select more than one answer to this question.

NCD, non-communicable disease.