Table 2.
Participant characteristics & results of the selected items from the self-assessment.
| Nr | Age (yrs) | Sexa | Chronic disease | How satisfied are you with the contacts with your GP in the last 6 months?b | Self-reported healthc | To what extent do you experience physical complaints?e | How much impact do your chronic conditions have on your day-to-day live?b | How difficult was it for you to make a decision about your illness using the information provided by the GP?d | During the last 6 months I received written information on how I can improve my healthe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69 | M | Hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2, COPD, decompensation Cordis, lower back pain with radiation, migraine, psoriasis | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 84 | F | Hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2, asthma, breast cancer, osteoarthritis | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 72 | M | Hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2, hypercholesterolemia, osteoarthritis, prostate cancer | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 85 | F | Hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, lower back pain with radiation, rectum cancer | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | dk | 0 |
| 5 | 58 | F | Hypercholesterolemia, other disease peripheral arteries, hypothyroid | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | 59 | F | M. Crohn, COPD, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, allergies | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 7 | 67 | M | Diabetes mellitus type 2, myocardial infarction, rheumatoid arthritis, allergies | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | 47 | F | Hypercholesterolemia, stroke, hypothyroid, other disease peripheral arteries | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9 | 77 | M | Hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2, myocardial infarction, colon cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer | 6 | - | - | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | 82 | M | Hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2, hypercholesterolemia, atrial fibrillation, laryngeal cancer | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | – |
| 11 | 86 | F | Atrial fibrillation, stroke, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, basal-cell carcinoma | - | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 12 | 87 | F | Hypertension, stroke, hypothyroid, osteoarthritis, squamous cell carcinoma | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
a
M, male; F, female.
b
On a 10 point scale from zero (no) to ten (enormous).
c
0, perfect; 1, good; 2, reasonable; 3, bad; 4, could or would not answer.
d
1, Very easy; 2, Relatively easy; 3, Relatively difficult; 4, Very difficult; dk, Don't know.
e
0, almost never; 1, generally not; 2, sometimes; 3, most of the time; 4, almost always.