Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of patients participating in the quantitative study
Characteristic | Patients, total sample (n = 435) | Patients, NCQ-subsample regarding general practitioners (n = 287) |
|---|---|---|
Age (mean (sd)) [n] | 76 (8.95) [406] | 75 (9.04) [269]** |
Sex (n(%)) | ||
Male | 316 (72.97) | 212 (73.87) |
Female | 117 (27.02) | 73 (25.44) |
Employment (n(%)) | ||
Not employed (retired, student, unemployed) | 382 (89.67) | 250 (87.11) |
Full-time employment (> 35 h/week) | 34 (7.98) | 24 (8.36) |
Part-time employment (< 35 h/week) | 10 (2.35) | 7 (2.44) |
Health insurance (n(%)) | ||
Statutory health insurance | 380 (89.20) | 253 (88.15) |
Private health insurance | 39 (9.15) | 21 (7.32) |
Self-pay patient | 4 (0.94) | 2 (0.70) |
Other | 3 (0.70) | 2 (0.70) |
Cardiovascular disease for which the patient currently receives treatment (n(%)) | ||
Hypertension | 281 (64.59) | 195 (67.94) |
Cardiac arrhythmia/atrial fibrillation | 130 (29.89) | 87 (30.31) |
Coronary heart disease | 244 (56.09) | 174 (60.63)* |
Chronic heart failure | 67 (15.40) | 50 (17.42) |
Stroke | 40 (9.43) | 27 (9.41) |
Peripheral vascular disease | 41 (8.74) | 24 (8.36) |
Aortic aneurysm | 17 (3.91) | 9 (3.14) |
Other | 36 (8.27) | 24 (8.36) |
Participation in general practitioner-centred care (n(%)) [n] | 204 (55.7) | 142 (57.49) [247] |
Participation in a disease management programme (n(%)) [n] | 204 (53.13) | 149 (57.31)* [260] |