Table 3 Perceived responsibility for adverse events by age
Affecting myself | Affecting relatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Responsible | Responsible | |||||||
Age (years) | Adverse events n * | GP n (%) | Hospital doctor n (%) | Failing routines n (%) | Adverse events n * | GP n (%) | Hospital doctor n (%) | Failing routines n (%) |
30-39 | 39 | 28 (71.8) | 12 (30.8) | 7 (17.9) | 99 | 58 (58.6) | 37 (37.4) | 27 (27.3) |
40-49 | 288 | 181 (62.8) | 98 (34.0) | 47 (16.3) | 670 | 407 (60.7) | 238 (35.5) | 144 (21.5) |
50-59 | 201 | 137 (68.2) | 78 (38.8) | 44 (21.9) | 414 | 238 (57.5) | 166 (40.1) | 101 (24.4) |
60-69 | 368 | 212 (57.6) | 160 (43.5) | 72 (19.6) | 577 | 324 (56.2) | 237 (41.1) | 140 (24.3) |
70-79 | 180 | 107 (59.4) | 70 (38.9) | 34 (18.9) | 174 | 98 (56.3) | 63 (36.2) | 38 (21.8) |
80-87 | 48 | 30 (62.5) | 20 (41.7) | 5 (10.4) | 35 | 23 (65.7) | 11 (31.4) | 8 (22.9) |
Total | 1124 | 695 (61.8) | 438 (39.0) | 209 (18.6) | 1969 | 1148 (58.3) | 752 (38.2) | 458 (23.3) |
Chi square for trend, p value | 0.094 | 0.045 | 0.996 | 0.262 | 0.376 | 0.842 | ||