Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants of the first round (n=226)
| Characteristic | Frequency |
| Age (in years) | M=51.79 (SD=16.46) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 149 (65.9%) |
| Male | 76 (33.6%) |
| First language | |
| German | 219 (96.9%) |
| Other | 5 (2.2%) |
| Chronic disease group (multiple answers possible) | |
| Cancer | 36 (15.3%) |
| Cardiovascular disease | 90 (39.8%) |
| Mental disorder | 117 (51.8%) |
| Musculoskeletal disorder | 114 (50.4%) |
| Others* | 149 (67.4%) |
| Residence | |
| Hamburg | 59 (26.1%) |
| Baden-Wuerttemberg | 13 (5.8%) |
| North-Rhine Westphalia | 23 (10.2%) |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 3 (1.3%) |
| Saarland | 3 (1.3%) |
| Saxony | 13 (5.8%) |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 4 (1.8%) |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 10 (4.4%) |
| Thuringia | 1 (0.4%) |
| Bavaria | 22 (9.7%) |
| Berlin | 14 (6.2%) |
| Brandenburg | 11 (4.9%) |
| Bremen | 4 (1.8%) |
| Hesse | 14 (6.2%) |
| Mecklenburg-Western | 19 (8.4%) |
| Pomerania | 13 (5.8%) |
| Lower Saxony | |
| Health status† | M=2.49 (SD=0.77) |
*Additional to one of the four groups mentioned earlier. Other chronic diseases included, for example, diabetes (n=12), sleep apnea (n=5) and hypothyroidism (n=4). Please see online supplementary S1 for a comprehensive overview of other diseases.
†Health status was assessed with the item ‘How would you assess your health status in general?’ ranging from 1=excellent to 5=bad.
M, mean.