Table 2 Characteristics of patients (n=29) attending group medical visits
Age (years) | |
|---|---|
• Mean (SD) | 62.0 (16.0) |
• Gender (% female) | 65.5 |
Self-reported health (1–5)+ | |
• Mean (SD) | 2.8 (1.1) |
Ethnicity (%) | |
• Caucasian | 55.2 |
• Other | 0 |
Aboriginal (%) | |
• First Nation | 41.4 |
• Métis | 3.5 |
Marital Status (%) | |
• Married | 79.3 |
Income (%) | |
• <$20,000 | 37.9 |
• $20,000-$29,999 | 20.7 |
• $30,000-$39,999 | 20.7 |
• $40,000-$49,000 | 3.5 |
• $50,000-$59,999 | 6.9 |
• $60,000-$69,999 | 3.5 |
• ≥$70,000 | 0.0 |
• Missing | 6.9 |
Number of chronic conditions (%) | |
Range | 0 – 7 |
• 0 | 10.3 |
• 1 | 6.9 |
• 2 | 27.6 |
• 3 or more | 55.2 |
Chronic conditions (%)++ | |
• Diabetes | 58.6 |
• Arthritis | 48.3 |
• High blood pressure | 51.7 |
• Depression | 34.5 |
• Heart Disease | 20.7 |
• Other: Kidney Disease | 10.3 |
• Other: Cholesterol | 6.9 |
• Other* | 27.6 |
GMVs attended in the last year | |
• Range | 1-15 |
• Mean (SD) | 4 (3.0) |
Type of GMV attended (%) | |
• Cooperative Health Clinic model/Homogenous | 82.8 |
• Drop-in Group Medical Appointments/ Mixed | 17.2 |
Satisfied with care from family physician (%) | |
• Always/Usually | 79.3 |
• Sometimes/Rarely/Never | 20.7 |