Table 2 Patient Characteristics of Survey Participants

Participants [n(%)]

1311 (100%)

222 (17%)

369 (28%)

127 (10%)

345 (26%)

248 (19%)

Male [n(%)]

449 (34.2%)

77 (35%)

229 (62%)

31 (24%)

19 (6%)

93 (38%)

Age in years [mean(sd)]

54.3 (15.9)

45.9 (18.8)

64.5 (10.0)

45.5 (14.8)

48 (12.3)

59.6 (14.4)

Phlebotomy appointments per year [mean(sd)]

4.4 (5.5)

3.6 (3.6)

3.9 (6.6)

6.2 (4.2)

4.6 (3.5)

4.7 (4.1)

Location

 Hospital [n(%)]

656 (50%)

127 (57%)

137 (37%)

105 (83%)

159 (46%)

128 (52%)

 Phlebotomy service center [n(%)]

523 (40%)

81 (36%)

174 (47%)

18 (14%)

151 (44%)

99 (40%)

 GP's office [n(%)]

96 (7%)

9 (4%)

34 (9%)

3 (2%)

35 (10%)

15 (6%)

 At home [n(%)]

36 (3%)

5 (2%)

24 (7%)

1 (1%)

0 (0%)

6 (2%)

 Time spent per appointment, including travel time in hours [mean(sd)]

1.1 (0.5)

1.06 (0.5)

0.90 (0.5)

1.39 (0.60)^a

0.97 (0.5)

1.11 (0.6)

 Time spent seen as a burden [n(%)]

410 (31%)

84 (38%)

64 (17%)

50 (39%)

132 (38%)

80 (32%)

Feeling before phlebotomy appointment

 I don't care [n(%)]

959 (73%)

130 (59%)

295 (80%)

95 (75%)

250 (72%)

189 (76%)

 I prefer not to go [n(%)]

189 (14%)

56 (25%)

39 (11%)

13 (10%)

48 (14%)

33 (13%)

 Anxiety [n(%)]

163 (12%)

36 (16%)

35 (9%)

19 (15%)

47 (14%)

26 (10%)

Venous blood sampling is painful

 Yes [n(%)]

73 (6%)

17 (8%)

16 (4%)

6 (5%)

14 (4%)

20 (8%)

 No [n(%)]

705 (54%)

105 (47%)

233 (63%)

59 (46%)

174 (50%)

134 (54%)

 Sometimes [n(%)]

533 (41%)

100 (45%)

120 (33%)

62 (49%)

157 (46%)

94 (38%)

 Feeling dependent on others [n(%)]

210 (16%)

36 (16%)

48 (13%)

21 (17%)

53 (15%)

52 (21%)

 Affects their daily schedule [n(%)]

413 (32%)

75 (34%)

86 (23%)

49 (39%)

117 (34%)

86 (35%)