Table 1 General patient characteristics and medical history
Characteristics | n = 624 n (%) |
|---|---|
General patient characteristics | |
Female | 491 (78.7) |
Lives without couple (Single, Divorced, Widow) | 320 (51.3) |
Occupation | |
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 | |
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* | |
Disease number | 3.6 ± 1.5 |
Chronic disease | 3.4 ± 1.5 |
Acute disease and trauma | 0.2 ± 0.4 |