Table 2 Clinical characteristics of the participants categorized by hospital level (n = 424)
Comorbidity | Hospital level | Total (n = 424) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
University hospital (n = 137) | Advanced and standard hospital (n = 147) | Community hospital (n = 140) | ||||||
Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | |
Comorbidity | ||||||||
 No comorbidity | 56 | 40.9 | 63 | 42.9 | 59 | 42.1 | 178 | 42.0 |
  ≥ 1disease | 81 | 59.1 | 84 | 57.1 | 81 | 57.9 | 246 | 58.0 |
No. of disease | ||||||||
 1 disease | 32 | 23.4 | 44 | 29.9 | 37 | 26.4 | 113 | 26.7 |
 2 diseases | 27 | 19.7 | 26 | 17.7 | 29 | 20.7 | 82 | 19.3 |
 3 diseases | 17 | 12.4 | 11 | 7.5 | 10 | 7.1 | 38 | 9.0 |
  ≥ 4 diseases | 5 | 3.6 | 3 | 2.0 | 5 | 3.5 | 13 | 3.3 |
Top 10 Comorbidity | ||||||||
 No disease | 56 | 40.9 | 63 | 42.9 | 59 | 42.1 | 178 | 42.0 |
 Hypertension | 64 | 46.7 | 63 | 42.9 | 57 | 40.7 | 184 | 43.4 |
 Diabetes | 24 | 17.5 | 20 | 13.6 | 27 | 19.3 | 71 | 16.7 |
 Ulcer disease | 2 | 1.5 | 11 | 7.5 | 13 | 9.3 | 26 | 6.1 |
 Cerebrovascular disease | 8 | 5.8 | 10 | 6.8 | 7 | 5.0 | 25 | 5.9 |
 Moderate/ severe renal disease | 7 | 5.1 | 6 | 4.1 | 12 | 8.6 | 25 | 5.9 |
 Chronic pulmonary disease | 9 | 6.6 | 5 | 3.4 | 7 | 5.0 | 21 | 5.0 |
 Any tumor | 17 | 12.4 | 2 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.7 | 20 | 4.7 |
 Mild liver disease | 5 | 3.6 | 4 | 2.7 | 2 | 1.4 | 11 | 2.6 |
 Congestive heart failure | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 4.8 | 3 | 2.1 | 10 | 2.4 |
 Take warfarin /coumadin | 5 | 3.6 | 2 | 1.4 | 3 | 2.1 | 10 | 2.4 |
Severity of depressive symptoms | ||||||||
 Mild depression (F32.0, F33.0) | 5 | 3.6 | 8 | 5.4 | 76 | 54.3 | 89 | 21.0 |
 Moderate depression (F32.1, F34.1) | 40 | 29.2 | 31 | 21.1 | 29 | 20.7 | 100 | 23.6 |
 Severity depression (F32.2, F32.3) | 48 | 35.0 | 93 | 63.3 | 6 | 4.3 | 147 | 34.7 |
 NOS/F32.9, F38, F39 | 44 | 32.1 | 15 | 10.2 | 29 | 20.7 | 88 | 20.8 |