Table 2.
Current perceptions of central aspects of medical care and need for support in patients with peripheral arterial disease.
| Items | Total responses, n (%) |
40-49 years, n (%) |
50-59 years, n (%) |
60-69 years, n (%) |
70-79 years, n (%) |
>80 years, n (%) |
|
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N=304 | n=18 | n=58 | n=102 | n=85 | n=38 | |
| Overall need for support | |||||||
|
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Yes | 180 (59.2)a | 8 (44.5)b | 31 (53.4)b | 60 (58.8)b | 49 (57.6)b | 29 (76.3) |
| Health care satisfaction | |||||||
|
|
Completely dissatisfied | 50 (16.4) | 2 (11.1) | 16 (27.6) | 12 (11.8) | 10 (11.8) | 9 (23.7) |
|
|
Rather dissatisfied | 112 (36.8) | 8 (44.4) | 20 (34.5) | 37 (36.3) | 36 (42.4) | 11 (28.9) |
|
|
Neither dissatisfied nor satisfied | 63 (20.7) | 2 (11.1) | 12 (20.7) | 24 (23.5) | 20 (23.5) | 5 (13.2) |
|
|
Rather satisfied | 46 (15.1) | 2 (11.1) | 7 (12.1) | 18 (17.6) | 12 (14.1) | 6 (15.8) |
|
|
Very satisfied | 33 (10.9) |
4 (22.2) | 3 (5.2) | 11 (10.8) | 7 (8.2) | 7 (18.4) |
| Medication for peripheral arterial disease | |||||||
|
|
Yes | 77 (25.3) | 8 (44.4) | 14 (24.1) | 24 (23.5) | 22 (25.9) | 8 (21.1) |
| Information about medication | |||||||
|
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Yes | 40 (13.2) | 3 (16.7) | 8 (13.8) | 9 (8.8) | 14 (16.5) | 6 (15.8) |
| Recommendation for supervised walking trainingc | |||||||
|
|
Yes |
13 (4.3) |
0 (0) | 3 (5.2) | 4 (3.9% | 3 (3.5) | 3 (7.9) |
| Information about supervised walking trainingc | |||||||
|
|
Yes |
36 (11.8) |
2 (11.1) | 5 (8.6) | 15 (14.7) | 9 (10.6) | 5 (13.2) |
| Performance of supervised walking trainingc | |||||||
|
|
Yes | 79 (26.0) | 3 (16.7) | 16 (27.6) | 32 (31.4) | 21 (24.7) | 7 (18.4) |
aThe percentage is based on the total number of responses for the associated item.
bThe percentage is based on the total number of people in the age group.
cIn the questionnaire, we used the term supervised walking training instead of the technical term supervised exercise therapy (SET) because the German word “Gehtraining” is more established in clinical practice.