| All participants, n = 483 | Comparison by participation in the telephone interview (test-retest analyses) | ||||
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Patients included in the test-retest analyses, n = 175a | Patients who did not participate in the telephone interview, n = 254 | |||||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Ageb | ||||||
 Range | 18–97 |  | 19–88 |  | 18–97 |  |
 Mean (SD) | 58.5 (19.1) |  | 62.2 (17.2) |  | 56.2 (20.4) |  |
 Data missing/NA | 17 | 3.5 | 7 | 4.0 | 9 | 3.5 |
Mean PEI score immediately after the appointment | ||||||
 Mean (SD) | 3.78 (3.83) |  | 4.13 (3.95) |  | 3.81 (3.86) |  |
Sex | ||||||
 Female | 313 | 64.8 | 108 | 61.7 | 173 | 68.1 |
 Male | 153 | 32.8 | 60 | 34.3 | 73 | 28.7 |
 Other | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 |
 Data missing/NA | 16 | 3.3 | 7 | 4.0 | 7 | 2.8 |
Language | ||||||
 Finnish | 455 | 94.2 | 164 | 93.7 | 240 | 94.5 |
 Other | 5 | 1.1 | 2 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.8 |
 Data missing/NA | 23 | 4.8 | 9 | 5.1 | 12 | 4.7 |
Co-habitation | ||||||
 Single, divorced, widowed | 199 | 41.2 | 72 | 41.1 | 105 | 41.3 |
 Married, registered partnership, or common-law marriage | 267 | 55.3 | 96 | 54.9 | 140 | 55.2 |
 Data missing/NA | 17 | 3.5 | 7 | 4.0 | 9 | 3.5 |
Educationb | ||||||
 No qualifications obtained or primary education (lower-level) | 119 | 24.9 | 41 | 23.4 | 65 | 25.6 |
 Upper secondary-level education (middle-level) | 245 | 50.7 | 80 | 45.7 | 141 | 55.5 |
 Post-secondary or higher (higher-level) | 98 | 20.3 | 47 | 26.9 | 37 | 14.6 |
 Data missing/NA | 21 | 4.3 | 7 | 4.0 | 11 | 4.3 |
Working statusb | ||||||
 Working | 92 | 19.0 | 21 | 12.0 | 61 | 24.0 |
 Retired | 275 | 56.9 | 112 | 64.0 | 135 | 53.1 |
 Other (unemployed, student, other) | 99 | 20.5 | 34 | 19.4 | 51 | 20.1 |
 Data missing/NA | 17 | 3.5 | 8 | 4.6 | 7 | 2.8 |
State of health (self-assessment) | ||||||
 Excellent | 32 | 6.6 | 10 | 5.7 | 21 | 8.3 |
 Good | 165 | 34.2 | 66 | 37.5 | 85 | 33.5 |
 Fair | 171 | 35.4 | 60 | 34.3 | 85 | 33.5 |
 Poor | 18 | 3.7 | 6 | 3.4 | 7 | 2.8 |
 Data missing/NA | 97 | 20.1 | 33 | 18.8 | 56 | 22.0 |
Number of chronic illnessesb | ||||||
 No chronic illness | 78 | 16.1 | 22 | 12.6 | 48 | 18.9 |
 1 | 116 | 24.0 | 38 | 21.7 | 69 | 27.2 |
 2–3 | 191 | 39.5 | 80 | 45.7 | 87 | 34.3 |
  > 3 | 61 | 12.6 | 26 | 14.9 | 26 | 11.3 |
 Data missing/NA | 37 | 7.7 | 9 | 5.1 | 24 | 9.4 |
Number of reasons for the consultation b | ||||||
 1 | 299 | 61.9 | 98 | 56.0 | 170 | 66.9 |
  > 1 | 170 | 35.2 | 71 | 40.6 | 77 | 30.3 |
 Data missing/NA | 14 | 2.9 | 6 | 3.4 | 7 | 2.8 |
Reason for the consultation | ||||||
 Acute | 158 | 32.7 | 52 | 29.7 | 83 | 32.7 |
 Non-acute | 311 | 64.4 | 117 | 66.9 | 164 | 64.6 |
 Data missing/NA | 14 | 2.9 | 6 | 3.4 | 7 | 2.8 |
Locationb | ||||||
 Semi-rural | 147 | 30.4 | 58 | 33.1 | 63 | 24.8 |
 Urban | 196 | 40.6 | 78 | 44.6 | 108 | 42.5 |
 Rural | 140 | 29.0 | 39 | 22.3 | 83 | 32.7 |