Table 2 Characteristics of respondents according to the study group (as defined by the randomly assigned questionnaire), n and (%) -except when specified differently
Saphora-Psy | Perceptions of Care | Picker | P-value* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 226) | (n = 240) | (n = 262) | |||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
Male | 94 | (41.6) | 94 | (39.2) | 112 | (42.8) | 0.71 |
Age, mean (SD) | 40.9 | (13.3) | 38.4 | (12.1) | 40.6 | (12.0) | 0.05 |
Nationality | |||||||
Swiss | 159 | (70.4) | 162 | (67.5) | 196 | (74.8) | 0.12 |
European | 51 | (22.6) | 49 | (20.4) | 49 | (18.7) | |
Other | 16 | (7.0) | 29 | (12.1) | 17 | (6.5) | |
Education | |||||||
Compulsory or vocational | 135 | (64.9) | 131 | (59.3) | 168 | (65.9) | 0.29 |
Health Status | |||||||
Excellent or very good | 36 | (17.4) | 44 | (19.6) | 36 | (14.6) | 0.12 |
Good | 91 | (44.0) | 117 | (52.0) | 117 | (47.6) | |
Fair or poor | 80 | (38.7) | 64 | (28.4) | 93 | (37.8) | |
Change in health since first day of admission | |||||||
Better (much or somewhat) | 143 | (67.8) | 173 | (76.6) | 184 | (73.0) | 0.37 |
About the same | 52 | (24.6) | 41 | (18.1) | 52 | (20.6) | |
Worse (much or somewhat) | 16 | (7.6) | 12 | (5.3) | 16 | (6.4) | |
In the past month, felt downhearted and blue | |||||||
All, most, a good bit of the time | 124 | (58.8) | 99 | (43.0) | 127 | (50.2) | 0.02 |
Some or a little of the time | 73 | (34.6) | 106 | (46.1) | 106 | (41.9) | |
Never | 14 | (6.6) | 25 | (10.9) | 20 | (7.9) | |
During the past 12 months, how many times were you hospitalised, mean (SD) | 2 | (1.5) | 2 | (1.7) | 1.9 | (1.4) | 0.90 |