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Table 2 Patients disease profiles and self-reported health status

From: The Chinese-version of the CARE Measure reliably differentiates between doctors in primary care: a cross-sectional study in Hong Kong

 

n (%)

Disease

 

Hypertension

535 (54.3%)

Diabetes

228 (23.2%)

High cholesterol

104 (10.6%)

Angina/heart attach

38 (3.9%)

Stroke/mini-stroke

27 (2.7%)

Heart failure

9 (0.9%)

Chronic bronchitis/Asthma

46 (4.6%)

Kidney disease

36 (3.7%)

Back problems

40 (4.1%)

Arthritis

93 (9.5%)

Liver disease

14 (1.4%)

Cancer

13 (1.3%)

Eczema/psoriasis

44 (4.5%)

Anxiety/depression

16 (1.6%)

Irritable bowel syndrome

6 (0.6%)

Migraine

1.3 (1.3%)

Others

144 (14.4%)

Multimorbidity

 

No chronic diseases

163 (16.6%)

1 chronic disease

400 (40.7%)

2 chronic diseases

286 (29.0%)

> 2 chronic diseases

135 (13.7%)

Limits daily activities

 

Yes

315 (32.5%)

General Health over last 12 months

 

Very Bad/Bad

142 (14.5%)

Fair

523 (53.2%)

Good/Very Good

318 (32.3%)