Comorbidities and characteristics of coronary heart disease patients: their impact on health-related quality of life

Table 1 Socio-demographic data, patient characteristics and comorbidities

Patient characteristics		n = 423	%
Gender	Female	149	35.2
Gender	Male	274	64.8
Employment status^c	Unemployed	7	1.7
Employment status^c	Other^a	416	98.3
Marital status	Married	314	74.2
Marital status	Other^b	109	25.8
Years of education^d		9.7 (SD 2.7)	[4–20]
Family physician visit frequency^d		6.9 (SD 1.8)	[1–20]
Duration of practice involvement >10 years		313	74.0
Angina pectoris		225	53.2
Myocardial infarction		247	58.4
Stent/coronary bypass		55	13.0
Heart failure		166	39.2
Stroke		32	7.6
Peripheral artery disease		135	31.9
Anxiety/depression		165	39.0
Medication adherence (Morisky)^d	0 (low)–8 (high)	6.9 (SD 1.2)	[1–8]
Patient satisfaction (EUROPEP)^d	1 (low)–5 (high)	4.4 (SD 0.6)	[1.7–5.0]
Patient assessment of chronic illness care (PACIC)^d	1 (low)–5 (high)	3.2 (SD 0.9)	[1.0–5.0]
Age^d	Female	70.7 (SD 10.4)	[41–94]
	Male	66.5 (SD 10.8)	[43–89]
	Total	68.0 (SD 10.8)	[41–94]

^aRetired, housewife, employed, self-employed, incapable of work
^bDivorced, widowed, single
^cThe employment status was omitted from further analysis due to a small number of unemployed CHD patients (low percentage of unemployment)
^dContinuous variables are presented by mean value, standard deviation and range

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