Table 1 Characteristics of the study sample
From: Adaptation and validation of a German version of the Multimorbidity Treatment Burden Questionnaire
Characteristics | Patient sample (N = 344) |
|---|---|
Age: mean ± SD | 77.5 ± 7.1 |
Gender | |
Female | 190 (55.2%) |
Male | 154 (44.8%) |
Marital status | |
Married | 189 (54.9%) |
Widowed | 99 (28.8%) |
Divorced | 33 (9.6%) |
Single | 23 (6.7%) |
Education level (via CASMIN [39]) | |
Primary | 193 (56.4%) |
Secondary | 95 (27.8%) |
Tertiary | 54 (15.8%) |
Country of birth | |
Germany | 319 (92.7%) |
Other | 25 (7.3%) |
Nursing care dependency | |
Yes | 78 (22.7%) |
No | 266 (77.3%) |
Total number of comorbidities: mean ± SD | 9.8 ± 4.5 |
Total number of long-term medications: mean ± SD | 6.0 ± 3.2 |
Comorbidities | |
Chronic low back pain | 196 (57.0%) |
Urinary incontinence | 136 (39.5%) |
Diabetes | 119 (34.6%) |
Coronary heart disease | 71 (20.6%) |
COPD | 71 (20.6%) |
Heart failure | 61 (17.7%) |
Depression | 51 (14.8%) |
Asthma | 50 (14.5%) |
Chronic kidney disease | 41 (11.9%) |
Stroke/Transient ischaemic attack | 31 (9.0%) |
Anxiety disorder | 27 (7.8%) |
Parkinson’s disease | 5 (1.5%) |
Treatment burden level (as assessed via MTBQ global score) | |
No burden (0) | 88 (25.6%) |
Low burden (< 10) | 134 (39.0%) |
Medium burden (11–22) | 97 (28.2%) |
High burden (≥ 22) | 25 (7.3%) |