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Table 1 Descriptive and clinical characteristics at baseline

From: Deriving and validating a brief measure of treatment burden to assess person-centered healthcare quality in primary care: a multi-method study

 

Full sample (N = 400)

HCMC sample (N = 200)

REP sample (N = 200)

Age: Mean (SD)

57.9 (12.8)

54.2 (9.6)

61.6 (14.5)

Female: N (%)

199 (50%)

99 (50%)

100 (50%)

Race: N (%)

 White / Caucasian

191 (48%)

33 (17%)

158 (79%)

 Black / AA

147 (37%)

131 (66%)

16 (8%)

 Mixed race

18 (5%)

12 (6%)

6 (3%)

 Native American

16 (4%)

15 (8%)

1 (< 1%)

 Asian

11 (3%)

2 (1%)

9 (5%)

 Other

12 (3%)

7 (4%)

5 (3%)

 Unknown

5 (1%)

0 (0%)

5 (3%)

Hispanic ethnicity: N (%)

14 (4%)

7 (4%)

7 (4%)

Married / living with partner: N (%)

152 (38%)

26 (13%)

126 (63%)

College educated: N (%)

229 (57%)

77 (39%)

152 (76%)

Annual income: N (%)

  < $20,000

203 (51%)

170 (85%)

33 (17%)

 $20,000 - $39,000

60 (15%)

24 (12%)

36 (19%)

 $40,000 - $59,000

35 (9%)

2 (1%)

33 (17%)

 $60,000 - $79,999

30 (8%)

0 (0%)

30 (15%)

 $80,000 - $99,000

19 (5%)

0 (0%)

19 (10%)

 $100,000 or more

39 (10%)

3 (2%)

36 (18%)

 Missing

14 (4%)

1 (< 1%)

13 (7%)

Number of diagnoses: Median (range)

5.0 (2–13)

5.0 (2–13)

5.0 (2–11)

Types of conditions: N (%)

 Hypertension

243 (61%)

127 (64%)

116 (58%)

 Diabetes (Type 1 or 2)

215 (54%)

113 (57%)

102 (51%)

 Low back disordera

208 (52%)

106 (53%)

102 (51%)

 Depression

208 (52%)

124 (62%)

84 (42%)

 Hyperlipidemia

190 (48%)

75 (38%)

115 (58%)

 Arthritis

167 (42%)

68 (34%)

99 (50%)

 Substance abuse

144 (36%)

122 (61%)

22 (11%)

 Anxiety

137 (34%)

86 (43%)

51 (26%)

 Cancer

74 (19%)

22 (11%)

52 (26%)

 Cardiac arrhythmia

74 (19%)

28 (14%)

46 (23%)

 Vision problems

70 (18%)

0 (0%)

70 (35%)

 Coronary artery disease

64 (16%)

22 (11%)

42 (21%)

 Asthma

58 (15%)

58 (29%)

0 (0%)

 Headache

55 (14%)

38 (19%)

17 (9%)

 COPD

49 (12%)

25 (13%)

24 (12%)

 Chronic kidney disease

47 (12%)

23 (12%)

24 (12%)

 Hearing problems

34 (9%)

0 (0%)

34 (17%)

 Hepatitis

26 (7%)

20 (10%)

6 (3%)

 Congestive heart failure

24 (6%)

12 (6%)

12 (6%)

 Osteoporosis

18 (5%)

4 (2%)

14 (7%)

 Crohn’s disease

11 (3%)

0 (0%)

11 (6%)

 Psoriasis

10 (3%)

0 (0%)

10 (5%)

 HIV

2 (< 1%)

2 (1%)

0 (0%)

Weekly medication adherence: N (%)

 Always take all my medications

275 (69%)

120 (60%)

155 (78%)

 Usually take all my medications

95 (24%)

57 (29%)

38 (19%)

 Sometimes take all my medications

22 (6%)

18 (9%)

4 (2%)

 Missing

8 (2%)

5 (3%)

3 (2%)

Number of poor physical health days in past 30 days: Mean (SD)b

10.7 (10.2)

13.3 (10.0)

8.1 (9.7)

Number of poor mental health days in past 30 days: Mean (SD)b

9.6 (10.1)

11.9 (10.2)

7.3 (9.5)

Number of days of limited activity due to poor physical or mental health in past 30 days: Mean (SD)b

8.5 (10.0)

11.6 (10.3)

5.4 (8.6)

  1. aIncludes osteopathic conditions such as disc displacement/degeneration, spondylosis, spinal stenosis, sciatica, and post-laminectomy syndromes. bCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthy Days measure. SD standard deviation, HCMC Hennepin County Medical Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA), REP Rochester Epidemiology Project (Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA)