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Patient characteristics (n = 165) |
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| Total population |
Diabetes patients (n = 88) |
COPD patients (n = 77) |
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| Mean age (SD) |
68.0 (10.3) |
68.8 (8.9) |
67.2 (11.7) |
| Percentage women |
47% |
57% * |
35% |
| Percentage with medium or high education |
36% |
34% |
38% |
| Percentage with good to excellent health status |
55% |
66% * |
41% |
| Mean sum score on patient enablement (PEI) |
8.7 (2.9) |
8.4 (3.0) |
9.1 (2.7) |
| Percentage of patients who evaluated clinical performance as 'excellent' (Europep) |
57% |
60% |
54% |
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* P < 0.05 of difference between diabetes patients and COPD patients. | |||
Wensing et al. BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:182 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-182 |
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