n = 214
n
%
Gender
Women
113
53.1
Men
100
46.9
Age (year)
24 and below
6
2.8
25–44
25
11.8
45–64
72
34.1
65–84
97
46.0
85 and above
11
5.2
Place of residence
Village
74
35.1
City/town population:
Below 5,000
28
13.3
5,000–10,000
14
6.6
10,000–50,000
50
23.7
50,000–100,000
18
8.5
100,000–200,000
17
8.1
Over 200,000
10
4.7
Education
Primary
40
19.0
Vocational
62
29.5
Secondary
59
28.1
Post-secondary
25
11.9
Higher
24
11.4
Marital status
Single
28
13.2
Married
121
57.1
Divorced
9
4.2
Widowed
54
25.5
Diagnosis
J44 Other chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
80
37.4
J45 Bronchial asthma
78
36.5
J43 Pulmonary emphysema
32
15.0
J42 Unspecified chronic bronchitis
27
12.6
J41 Chronic simple and mucous- purulent bronchitis
25
11.7
J47 Bronchiectasis
8
3.7
Most common co-existing diseasesa
I10 Primary hypertension
92
43.0
M47 Spondylosis
63
29.4
I70 Atherosclerosis
39
18.2
M15 Osteoarthritis of multiple joints
22
10.3
I25 Chronic ischemic heart disease
21
9.8
Table 2
Met/unmet needs of patients
No | Needs | n % | unmet | met | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Accommodation | n | 15 | 188 | 203 |
% | 7.4 | 92.6 | 100 | ||
2 | Food and grocery (shopping) | n | 51 | 162 | 213 |
% | 23.9 | 76.1 | 100 | ||
3 | Looking after the home | n | 49 | 161 | 210 |
% | 23.3 | 76.7 | 100 | ||
4 | Self-care at home | n | 37 | 163 | 200 |
% | 18.5 | 81.5 | 100 | ||
5 | Daytime activities | n | 62 | 150 | 212 |
% | 29.3 | 70.8 | 100 | ||
6 | Physical health | n | 86 | 124 | 210 |
% | 41.0 | 59.1 | 100 | ||
7 | Psychical health | n | 43 | 110 | 153 |
% | 28.1 | 71.9 | 100 | ||
8 | Information on condition and treatment | n | 27 | 159 | 186 |
% | 14.5 | 85.5 | 100 | ||
9 | Psychological distress | n | 93 | 116 | 209 |
% | 44.5 | 55.5 | 100 | ||
10 | Drinking alcohol and problems associated with drinking | n | 15 | 89 | 104 |
% | 14.4 | 85.6 | 100 | ||
11 | Narcotics | n | 6 | 208 | 214 |
% | 2.8 | 97.2 | 100 | ||
12 | Medicines that are not prescribed | n | 148 | 63 | 211 |
% | 70.1 | 29.9 | 100 | ||
13 | Social life | n | 56 | 156 | 212 |
% | 26.4 | 73.6 | 100 | ||
14 | Intimate relationships | n | 18 | 43 | 61 |
% | 29.5 | 70.5 | 100 | ||
15 | Satisfaction with intimate relationships | n | 13 | 93 | 106 |
% | 12.3 | 87.7 | 100 | ||
16 | Satisfaction with sexual life | n | 73 | 101 | 174 |
% | 42.0 | 58.1 | 100 | ||
17 | Need of having children | n | 18 | 11 | 29 |
% | 62.1 | 37.9 | 100 | ||
18 | Satisfaction with relationship with children | n | 6 | 104 | 110 |
% | 5.5 | 94.6 | 100 | ||
19 | Possibility of communication by phone | n | 12 | 199 | 211 |
% | 5.7 | 94.3 | 100 | ||
20 | Possibility of using public transport | n | 47 | 85 | 132 |
% | 35.6 | 64.4 | 100 | ||
21 | Ability of budgeting own money | n | 20 | 189 | 209 |
% | 9.6 | 90.4 | 100 | ||
22 | Getting all the money entitled to | n | 58 | 85 | 143 |
% | 40.6 | 59.4 | 100 |
Within the pro-health behaviors, the highest median was found in the category of preventive behaviors (3.8, min–max: 1–5), lower in the category of positive mental attitudes (3.7, min–max: 1.5–5.0), and the lowest in the categories of health practices (3.6, min–max: 1.5–5.0) and healthy eating habits (3.3, min–max: 1.0–5.0).
3.1 Results of Correlations
A low Camberwell index was more frequently reported by seniors (r = −0.28, p = 0.0004) with no relationship (r = 0.24, p = 0.0003), with the low level of acceptance of the disease (r = 0.40, p = 0.0001), low level of satisfaction with QoL (r = 0.48, p = 0.0001), low level of satisfaction with the quality of health state (r = 0.42, p < 0.0001), low level of QoL in the physical domain (r = 0.55, p < 0.0001), low level of QoL in the psychological domain (r = 0.68, p < 0.0001), low level of QoL in the social relationship domain (r = 0.62, p < 0.0001), low level of QoL in the environmental domain (r = 0.57, p < 0.0001), low level of healthy eating habits (r = 0.30, p < 0.0001), low level of preventive behavior (r = 0.20, p = 0.0038), low level of positive mental attitudes (r = 0.35, p < 0.0001), low level of satisfaction from health care (r = 0.19, p = 0.0298), high somatic index (r = −0.24, p = 0.0004), high index of services (r = −0.22, p = 0.0014), and a high number of chronic diseases (r = −0.40, p < 0.0001). There was no statistically significant correlation between the results of Camberwell index and gender, place of residence, level of health practices, BMI, and the hospitalization index.
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