Consideration factors of older adults seeking medical treatment at outpatient services in Taiwan

Shih, Chen-I; Weng, Cheng-Chie; Chen, Wei; Yang, Hui-Fei; Fan, Sheng-Yu

doi:10.1186/s12913-021-07251-0

BMC Health Services Research

Table 1 Demographic data of the participants

From: Consideration factors of older adults seeking medical treatment at outpatient services in Taiwan

Participant code	Gender	Age	Education level	Hearing	Vision	Mobility	Frequency of visits	Department	Disease	Times of interview (minutes)
A	Male	82	Elementary school	Normal	Normal	Able to walk	Once a month	Cardiology	Hypertension	23
B	Female	92	Uneducated	Hearing loss	Normal	Wheelchair	Once a month	Cardiology	Hypertension	14
C	Female	82	Uneducated	Normal	Presbyopia	Wheelchair	Once every 3 months	Metabolism	Diabetes	20
D	Male	66	Uneducated	Hearing loss	Presbyopia	Able to walk	Twice in 3 months	Metabolism	Diabetes	21
E	Male	81	Uneducated	Hearing loss	Presbyopia	Able to walk	Once every 3 months	Metabolism	Diabetes	17
F	Male	82	High school	Hearing loss	Myopia	Able to walk	Thrice in a month	Geriatrics	Rapid weight loss	17
G	Male	69	Elementary school	Normal	Normal	Able to walk	Twice a month	Metabolism	Diabetes	29
H	Female	68	Graduate school	Normal	Presbyopia	Able to walk	Once every 3 months	Cardiology	Hypertension	26
I	Male	67	Graduate school	Normal	Myopia	Able to walk	Once every 3 months	Metabolism	Diabetes	21
J	Female	67	Elementary school	Hearing loss	Presbyopia	Able to walk	Once every 3 months	Family medicine	Diabetes	22
K	Female	70	Elementary school	Hearing loss	Myopia	Able to walk	Once every 3 months	Gastroenterology and hepatology	Gastroesophageal reflux	21
L	Female	74	Elementary school	Hearing loss	Presbyopia	Able to walk	Once every 3 months	Family medicine	Neurological disease	18
M	Male	72	Vocational school	Hearing loss	Presbyopia	Able to walk	Once every 3 months	Gastroenterology and hepatology	Gastric ulcer	22
N	Male	80	Elementary school	Hearing loss	Normal	Able to walk	Once a month	Pulmonology	Pneumonia	15
O	Male	92	Uneducated	Hearing loss	Normal	Wheelchair	When not feeling well	Gastroenterology and hepatology	Gastralgia	20
P	Female	89	Elementary school	Normal	Presbyopia	Crutch	Once every 3 months	Metabolism	Diabetes	45

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