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Table 1 Demographic details of participants

From: The psychometric performance of generic preference-based measures for patients with pressure ulcers

 

Acute

Community

Overall

Age (median)

77

74

 

 Range

(38–97)

(26–95)

(26–97)

Gender:

   

 Female (%)

56

78

58

Marital status

   

 Not stated

12 (4 %)

-

12 (4 %)

 Married/civil partnership

108 (40 %)

13 (41 %)

121 (40 %)

 Divorced

28 (10 %)

4 (13 %)

32 (10 %)

 Widowed

101 (37 %)

12 (30 %)

113 (37 %)

 Never married

24 (9 %)

3 (9 %)

27 (9 %)

Comorbidities

 Breathing problems

121 (41.4 %)

8 (25 %)

129 (44.2 %)

 Heart problems

61 (20.9 %)

4 (12.5 %)

65 (22.3 %)

 Stroke

19 (6.5 %)

7 (21.9 %)

26 (8.9 %)

 MS or similar

6 (2.1 %)

17 (53.1 %)

23 (7.9 %)

 Spinal injury

16 (5.5 %)

2 (6.3 %)

18 (6.2 %)

 Diabetes

66 (22.6 %)

2 (6.3 %)

68 (23.3 %)

 Cancer

21 (7.2 %)

4 (12.5 %)

25 (8.6 %)

 Fatigue

33 (11.3 %)

11 (34.4 %)

44 (15.1 %)

 Depression

20 (6.8 %)

9 (28.1 %)

29 (9.9 %)

 Other

69 (23.6 %)

11 (34.4 %)

80 (27.4 %)

Pressure damage

   

 Pressure ulcer wound

108

28

136

 Unable to determine/No PU damage

52

15

67

 Category 1 ulcer

87

0

87

 Category 2 ulcer

104

14

127

 3 or greater

4

4

8

EQ-5D

   

 Mean (SD)

0.273 (0.38)

0.005 (0.25)

0.243 (0.38)

 Range

−0.594–1.0

−0.594–0.71

−0.594–1.0

SF-6D

   

 Mean (SD)

0.581 (0.10)

0.547 (0.10)

0.578 (0.10)

 Range

0.345–0.937

0.34–0.74

0.345–0.937