Self-efficacy and health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study of primary care patients with multi-morbidity

Table 1 Demographics and health information

Variable	Response options	n	%
Gender	Male	395	46.6
Gender	Female	432	50.9
Age (years)	18–29	14	1.7
	30–39	25	3.1
	40–49	61	7.5
	50–59	99	12.2
	60–69	229	28.3
	70–79	229	28.3
	80–89	141	17.4
	90+	11	1.4
Marital status	Married/living as married/civil partnership	505	59.6
	Separated/divorced	111	13.1
	Widowed	139	16.4
	Single	70	8.3
Ethnicity	White	813	95.9
Ethnicity	Other	11	1.4
Employment ^a	Employed (full- or part-time)	170	20.0
	Retired	418	49.3
	Permanently sick or disabled	93	11.0
	Other ^b	93	11.0
IMD quintiles ^c of GP practice	1 - Least deprived	191	22.7
	2	285	33.9
	3	51	6.1
	4	167	19.9
	5 - Most deprived	147	17.5
Physical long-term chronic condition	No	6	0.7
Physical long-term chronic condition	Yes	842	99.3
Mental health condition	No	514	60.6
Mental health condition	Yes	334	39.4
Hospital admission for long-term chronic condition in last year	No	725	86.4
	Yes	114	13.6

NB. The percentages do not always add up to 100% due to missing data
^aData were coded missing for 74 (8.7%) respondents, either as the question had not been answered (n = 23, 2.7%) or as multiple answers had been given when only one response was permitted (n = 51, 6.0%)
^bIncludes full or part-time education, unemployed, looking after the home, voluntary or charity work and doing something else. These categories were collapsed as each applied to less than 5% of the sample
^cIMD – Index of multiple deprivation quintiles of participants’ GP practice

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