Table 1 Number of practices, patients' characteristics and grading according to the official Austrian grading system
Year | 1997 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|
Participating practices | N = 11 | N = 13 |
Total number of patients | N = 198 | N = 261 |
| Â | n (%) | n (%) |
Sex | Â | Â |
   m | 56 (28.3) | 79 (30.3) |
   f | 142 (71.7) | 182 (69.7) |
Mean age | Â | Â |
   m/f | 77.2 (SD 17.5) | 79.9 (SD 13.7) |
   m* | 72.1 (SD 18.2) | 76.3 (SD 16.1) |
   f* | 79.2 (SD 16.8) | 81.4 (SD 12.2) |
Married | 56 (28.3) | 76 (29.1) |
Divorced | 4 (2.0) | 19 (7.3) |
Widowed | 110 (55.6) | 139 (53.3) |
Single | 28 (14.1) | 27 (10.3) |
Former occupation | Â | Â |
Housewife | 81 (40.9) | 96 (36.8) |
Self-employed | 41 (20.7) | 46 (17.6) |
Employed | 62 (31.3) | 106 (40.6) |
None | 14 (7.1) | 13 (5.0) |
Care provided by | †N = 197 | †N = 257 |
Relatives | 169 (85.8%) | 218 (84.8%) |
Professional health care services | 28 (14%) | 83 (38.1%) |
Degrees of the official grading system | Number of patients (attached to degree 1–7) | |
| Â | n (%) | n (%) |
1+2‡ | 43 (24.7) | 109 (51.9) |
3+4 | 103 (59.2) | 85 (40.5) |
5+6+7 | 28 (16.1) | 16 (7.6) |
|  | †174 (100.0) | †210(100.0) |