Sociodemographic data | ||||
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All | Healthy | Chronically ill | Palliative patients | |
(n = 53) | (n = 20) | (n = 17) | (n = 16) | |
Age [years; mean; SD; range] | 63.2 ± 4.4(55–70) | 64.2 ± 4.2(55–70) | 62.6 ± 4.2(55–70) | 62.5 ± 4.4(55–70) |
Median | 63.0 | 65.0 | 63.0 | 62.0 |
Gender [female; n;%] | 35 (66%) | 13 (65%) | 13 (77%) | 9 (56%) |
Marital status [married; n;%] | 29 (55%) | 11 (55%) | 11 (65) | 7 (44%) |
No. of children [n; mean; SD; range] | 1.5 ± 1.0(0–4) | 1.6 ± 1.2(0–3) | 1.4 ± .79(0–2) | 1.5 ± 1.1(0–4) |
Median | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
Living situation [≥two-person household; n;%] | 34 (64%) | 12 (60%) | 10 (59%) | 12 (75%) |
Education [university degree; n;%] | 21 (40%) | 11 (55%) | 7 (41%) | 3 (19%) |
Religious affiliation [n;%] | ||||
Catholic | 21 (40%) | 4 (20%) | 8 (47%) | 9 (56%) |
Protestant | 11 (21%) | 5 (25%) | 4 (24%) | 2 (13%) |
Other | 1 (2%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (6%) |
None | 20 (38%) | 11 (55%) | 5 (29%) | 4 (25%) |
Self-rating of adherence to religious beliefs [numeric rating scale from 0 to 10; 0 = not at all, 10 = very much; mean] | 5.0 ± 2.5(0–10) | 4.9 ± 2.9(0–10) | 5.1 ± 2.0(0–8) | 5.1 ± 2.5(0–9) |
Median | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 |