Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the study sample compared with 530 patients with three or more chronic conditions from GOPCs.
Demographic characteristics | Study sample (n = 462) | Patients from GOPCs (n = 530) | P* | Lost to follow-up (n = 184) | P# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | < 0.001 | 0.199 | |||
60–69 | 281 (61.0) | 194 (36.6) | 113 (61.4) | ||
70–79 | 154 (33.4) | 212 (40.0) | 54 (29.4) | ||
80+ | 26 (5.6) | 124 (23.4) | 17 (9.2) | ||
Gender | < 0.001 | 0.273 | |||
Male | 145 (31.4) | 296 (56.0) | 66 (35.9) | ||
Female | 317 (68.6) | 233 (44.0) | 118 (64.1) | ||
Education | 0.005 | 0.925 | |||
> 6y | 258 (55.8) | 247 (46.9) | 102 (55.4) | ||
< = 6y | 204 (44.2) | 280 (53.1) | 82 (44.6) | ||
Marriage | 0.167 | 0.234 | |||
Married | 317 (68.6) | 382 (72.6) | 135 (73.4) | ||
Single/divorced/separated/widowed | 145 (31.4) | 144 (27.4) | 49 (26.6) | ||
Live alone | 0.619 | 0.072 | |||
No | 398 (86.1) | 443 (85.0) | 168 (91.3) | ||
Yes | 64 (13.9) | 78 (15.0) | 16 (8.7) | ||
Working status | 0.955 | 0.345 | |||
Unemployed | 416 (90.0) | 476 (90.2) | 161 (87.5) | ||
Employed | 46 (10.0) | 52 (9.8) | 23 (12.5) | ||
Social assistance | < 0.001 | 0.617 | |||
No | 236 (51.1) | 124 (23.4) | 98 (53.3) | ||
Yes | 226 (48.9) | 406 (76.6) | 86 (46.7) | ||
CSSA | < 0.001 | 0.126 | |||
No | 433 (93.7) | 460 (86.8) | 178 (96.7) | ||
Yes | 29 (6.3) | 70 (13.2) | 6 (3.3) |
