All participants, n = 483 | Comparison by participation in the telephone interview | ||||||
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Patients who participated in the telephone interview and were included in the test-retest analyses, n = 175a | Patients who did not participate in the telephone interview, n = 254** | ||||||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | ||
Age*** | |||||||
Range | 18–97 | 19–88 | 18–97 | ||||
Mean (SD) | 58.5 (19.1) | 62.2 (17.2) | 56.2 (20.4) | ||||
Data missing/NA | 17 | 3.5 | 7 | 4.0 | 9 | 3.5 | |
Mean PEI score immediately after the appointment | |||||||
Mean (SD) | 3.78 (3.83) | 4.13 (3.95) | 3.81 (3.86) | ||||
Sex | |||||||
Female | 313 | 64.8 | 108 | 61.7 | 173 | 68.1 | |
Male | 153 | 32.8 | 60 | 34.3 | 73 | 28.7 | |
Other | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | |
Data missing/NA | 16 | 3.3 | 7 | 4.0 | 7 | 2.8 | |
Language | |||||||
Finnish | 455 | 94.2 | 164 | 93.7 | 240 | 94.5 | |
Other | 5 | 1.1 | 2 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.8 | |
Data missing/NA | 23 | 4.8 | 9 | 5.1 | 12 | 4.7 | |
Co-habitation | |||||||
Single, divorced, widowed | 199 | 41.2 | 72 | 41.1 | 105 | 41.3 | |
Married, registered partnership, or common-law marriage | 267 | 55.3 | 96 | 54.9 | 140 | 55.2 | |
Data missing/NA | 17 | 3.5 | 7 | 4.0 | 9 | 3.5 | |
Education*** | |||||||
No qualifications obtained or primary education (lower-level) | 119 | 24.9 | 41 | 23.4 | 65 | 25.6 | |
Upper secondary level of education (middle-level) | 245 | 50.7 | 80 | 45.7 | 141 | 55.5 | |
Post-secondary or higher (higher-level) | 98 | 20.3 | 47 | 26.9 | 37 | 14.6 | |
Data missing/NA | 21 | 4.3 | 7 | 4.0 | 11 | 4.3 | |
Working status*** | |||||||
Working | 92 | 19.0 | 21 | 12.0 | 61 | 24.0 | |
Retired | 275 | 56.9 | 112 | 64.0 | 135 | 53.1 | |
Other (unemployed, student, other) | 99 | 20.5 | 34 | 19.4 | 51 | 20.1 | |
Data missing/NA | 17 | 3.5 | 8 | 4.6 | 7 | 2.8 | |
State of health (self-assessment) | |||||||
Excellent | 32 | 6.6 | 10 | 5.7 | 21 | 8.3 | |
Good | 165 | 34.2 | 66 | 37.5 | 85 | 33.5 | |
Fair | 171 | 35.4 | 60 | 34.3 | 85 | 33.5 | |
Poor | 18 | 3.7 | 6 | 3.4 | 7 | 2.8 | |
Data missing/NA | 97 | 20.1 | 33 | 18.8 | 56 | 22.0 | |
Number of chronic illnesses*** | |||||||
No chronic illness | 78 | 16.1 | 22 | 12.6 | 48 | 18.9 | |
One | 116 | 24.0 | 38 | 21.7 | 69 | 27.2 | |
2–3 | 191 | 39.5 | 80 | 45.7 | 87 | 34.3 | |
More than 3 | 61 | 12.6 | 26 | 14.9 | 26 | 11.3 | |
Data missing/NA | 37 | 7.7 | 9 | 5.1 | 24 | 9.4 | |
Number of consultation reasons*** | |||||||
One | 299 | 61.9 | 98 | 56.0 | 170 | 66.9 | |
More than one | 170 | 35.2 | 71 | 40.6 | 77 | 30.3 | |
Data missing/NA | 14 | 2.9 | 6 | 3.4 | 7 | 2.8 | |
Consultation reason | |||||||
Acute | 158 | 32.7 | 52 | 29.7 | 83 | 32.7 | |
Non-acute | 311 | 64.4 | 117 | 66.9 | 164 | 64.6 | |
Data missing/NA | 14 | 2.9 | 6 | 3.4 | 7 | 2.8 | |
Location*** | |||||||
Semi-rural | 147 | 30.4 | 58 | 33.1 | 63 | 24.8 | |
Urban | 196 | 40.6 | 78 | 44.6 | 108 | 42.5 | |
Rural | 140 | 29.0 | 39 | 22.3 | 83 | 32.7 |