Table 1 Patient characteristics, in brackets unity of individual characteristics
Characteristics | |
|---|---|
 Patients (n) | 19 |
 Age (mean/SD) [years] | 76.9 (10.0) |
 Female (n/%) | 14 (73.7) |
 Weight (mean/SD) [kg] | 76.5 (20.2) |
Blood pressure (mean/SD) [mmHg] | |
 Systolic | 127.7 (8.3) |
 Diastolic | 76.2 (11.2) |
Hba1c (mean/SD) [%] | 7.4 (0.6) |
Drugs (mean/SD) | 8.9 (2.6) |
Quality of life (mean/SD) [0–100] | 65.2 (17.1) |
Severity of chief complaint (mean/SD) [0–10] | 5.3 (2.4) |
Living situation (n/%) | |
 Living alone | 4 (21.1) |
 Living with family | 10 (52.6) |
 Living in a care center | 5 (26.3) |
Length of patient-GP relationship (mean/SD) [years] | 10.4 (8.8) |
Drugs not changed while recommended(n) | 34 |
 Drugs for acid related disorders (n/%) | 8 (23.5) |
 Analgetics (n/%) | 4 (11.2) |
 Anti-inflammatory and antirheumatics (n/%) | 4 (11.2) |
 Psycholeptics (n/%) | 3 (8.8) |
 Psychoanalgetics (n/%) | 3 (8.8) |