Table 2.
Demographic data of participants in each group, and the significance level of the comparison among the two groups before and after propensity score matching.
| Crude | After Propensity Score Weighting | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Intervention (n = 122) | Control (n = 119) | p-Value | Intervention (n = 71) | Control (n = 71) | p-Value |
| Gender, (male: N, %) | 57 (46.7) | 60 (50.4) | 0.607 | 33 (46.5) | 34 (47.9) | 1 |
| Age in years (M, SD) | 71.38 (3.38) | 68.58 (3.14) | <0.001 | 69.58 (2.89) | 69.89 (3.24) | 0.549 |
| Primary care physician (Nyes, %) 1 | 89 (72.9) | 89 (73.6) | 0.156 | 55 (77.5) | 53 (74.6) | 0.846 |
| Chronic diseases (Nyes, %) 2 | 98 (80.1) | 88 (73.9) | 0.283 | 54 (76.1) | 51 (71.8) | 0.703 |
| Employment (Nyes, %) 3 | 85 (69.7) | 89 (74.8) | 0.473 | 51 (71.8) | 55 (77.5) | 0.563 |
| Self-rated health (Nhigh, %) 4 | 89 (73.0) | 91 (76.5) | 0.392 | 51 (71.8) | 54 (76.1) | 0.703 |
| Headings in study questionnaire | ||||||
| Having dialogue with healthcare staff (SD) 5 | 12.55 (1.37) | 12.83 (1.30) | 0.116 | 12.75 (1.33) | 12.75 (1.32) | 1 |
| Sharing knowledge (SD) | 12.94 (1.07) | 13.17 (1.40) | 0.161 | 13.06 (1.13) | 13.04 (1.53) | 0.95 |
| Partaking in planning (SD) | 12.17 (1.40) | 12.10 (1.48) | 0.706 | 12.28 (1.28) | 12.01 (1.41) | 0.238 |
| Managing self-care (SD) | 12.05 (0.93) | 12.02 (1.55) | 0.845 | 12.13 (0.97) | 11.82 (1.46) | 0.138 |
Note. 1 Primary care physician: Do you have a primary care physician?; 2 Chronic diseases: Do you regularly visit your primary care physician for your diseases?; 3 Employment: Do you have a job?; 4 Self-rated health: Do you consider yourself healthy?; 5 SD: Standard deviation.