Psychometric properties of the simplified Chinese version of the observer OPTION5 scale

BMC Primary Care

Table 3 Characteristics of the patients (N = 209)

Classification		N	%
Gender	Male	92	44.0
Gender	Female	117	56.0
Age (years)	41 ~ 49	13	6.2
	50 ~ 59	41	19.6
	60 ~ 69	103	49.3
	70 ~ 87	52	24.9
Education^a	Junior high school and below	35	21.2
	Senior high school/technical secondary school	39	23.6
	Junior college and above	91	55.2
Diseases involved in decision making	Hypertension	99	47.4
	Type 2 diabetes	39	18.7
	Hyperlipidemia	34	16.3
	One other chronic disease	20	9.6
	Other multiple chronic diseases	17	8.1
Consulting duration (min)	0.1 ~ 3.7	89	42.6
	3.8 ~ 7.5	86	41.1
	7.6 ~ 11.3	21	10.0
	11.4 ~ 15.0	7	3.3
	≥15.1	6	2.9

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