Interest in and use of person-centred pharmacy services - a Swiss study of people with diabetes

Table 1 Participants’ characteristics (sociodemographic characteristics, health status and health behaviours)

Variable	N total^e	% (N) or mean (SD)
Sociodemographic and economic characteristics
Age	790	66.0 (12.5)
Sex	790
Female		40.9% (323)
Male		59.1% (467)
Education	745
Primary		15.8% (118)
Secondary		53.2% (396)
Tertiary		31.0% (231)
Financial hardship^a	768
Yes		32.4% (249)
No		67.6% (519)
Health status
Perceived health status^b	779
Excellent		1.8% (14)
Very good		12.8% (100)
Good		62.8% (489)
Fair		19.9% (155)
Poor		2.7% (21)
BMI (kg/m²)	758
Underweight (< 15.5)		0.7% (5)
Normal (18.5–24.9)		19.7% (149)
Overweight (25–29.9)		38.0% (288)
Obese (≥ 30)		41.7% (316)
Health behaviours
Physical activity^c	766
Active		53.7% (411)
Partly active		17.5% (134)
Inactive		28.9% (221)
Smoking status	766
Non-smoker		39.0% (299)
Former smoker		42.2% (323)
Current smoker		18.8% (144)
Alcohol consumption	752
Not risky or not excessive		58.0% (462)
Risky or excessive^d		42.0% (313)

BMI Body mass index
^a Difficulty paying bills in the last 12 months
^b First question of the Short Form Health Survey −12 (SF-12)
^c Swiss Health Survey: active: ≥ 150 min of moderate physical activity or ≥ two intense activities per week; partly active: 30 to 149 min of moderate physical activity or one intense activity per week; inactive: < 30 min of moderate physical activity and < one intense activity per week
^d Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) score ≥ 4 for men and 3 for women
^e The total number of respondents for each item varies since data were collected through a self-administered paper questionnaire and participants were free to not answer certain questions

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