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General patient characteristics and medical history |
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| Characteristics |
n = 624 n (%) |
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| General patient characteristics |
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| Female |
491 (78.7) |
| Lives without couple (Single, Divorced, Widow) |
320 (51.3) |
| Occupation |
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| Housewife |
399 (63.9) |
| Retired-pensioner |
119 (19.0) |
| Services |
16 (2.6) |
| Unskilled worker |
38 (6.0) |
| Clerk |
48 (7.7) |
| Professionals |
4 (0.6) |
| Age, years, Median (range) |
69 (50–94) |
| Education, years, Median (range) |
6 (0–22) |
| Medical History |
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| Cardiovascular disease |
446 (71.5) |
| Myocardial |
123 (19.7) |
| Hypertension |
420 (67.3) |
| Peripheral vascular |
64 (10.3) |
| Pulmonary disease |
39 (6.3) |
| Gastrointestinal disease |
253 (40.5) |
| Chronic Gastro-duodenitis/ulcer disease |
225 (36.1) |
| Others: inflammatory bowel, liver disease etc. |
49 (7.9) |
| Genito-urinary disease |
47 (7.5) |
| Renal disease with renal insufficiency |
40 (6.4) |
| Prostate disease |
7 (1.1) |
| Musculoskeletal and joint disorders |
597 (95.7) |
| Osteoarthritis |
565 (90.5) |
| Rheumatoid arthritis |
16 (2.6) |
| Gout |
11 (1.8) |
| Endocrine, alimentary and metabolic disease |
313 (50.2) |
| Diabetes mellitus |
184 (29.5) |
| Thyroid gland disease |
22 (3.5) |
| Hyperlipidemia |
155 (24.8) |
| Obesity |
39 (6.3) |
| Neurological disease |
51 (8.2) |
| Mental disease |
33 (5.2) |
| Hematological disease |
17 (2.7) |
| Ophthalmological disease |
26 (4.2) |
| Dermatological disease |
14 (2.3) |
| Infections and parasitic disease |
118 (18.9) |
| Respiratory infections |
47 (7.5) |
| Gastrointestinal infections |
6 (1.0) |
| Genito-urinary infections |
43 (6.8) |
| Mycosis |
28 (4.5) |
| Trauma |
10 (1.6) |
| Mean ± SD* |
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| Disease number |
3.6 ± 1.5 |
| Chronic disease |
3.4 ± 1.5 |
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| Acute disease and trauma |
0.2 ± 0.4 |
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*SD: Standard deviation | |
Doubova (Dubova) et al. BMC Health Services Research 2007 7:147 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-7-147 |
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