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Table 5 Findings on factors associated with frequent attendance among elderly primary care patients

From: Frequent attenders in late life in primary care: a systematic review of European studies

 

Bergh and Marklund, 2003

Gilleard et al., 1998

Menchetti et al., 2006

Rennemark et al., 2009

Scherer et al., 2008

Sheehan et al., 2003

Svab and Zaletel-Kragelj, 1993

van den Bussche et al., 2016

Vedsted et al., 2001

Vedsted et al., 2004

No. or severity of somatic diseases

+

 

+

+

+

+

 

+/−

  

presence of mental illness/psychological distress

 

0

+

 

+

+

 

+

  

medical prescriptions

+

0/+

       

+

low social support or

social anchorage

   

0

0

+

    

sociodemographic factors:

          

older age

   

+

0

0

 

+/−

  

female gender

  

0

+

+

0

    

educational level

  

0

−/0

      

living alone

    

+

     

lower quality of life

    

+

     

No. of superficial contacts

      

+

   

No. of referrals to specialists

      

0

   

frequent attendance out-of-hours

        

+

 
  1. A plus sign indicates a positive association between frequent attendance and the respective factor; a minus sign indicates a negative association between frequent attendance and the respective factor; 0 indicates no association was found; blank cells mean that the factor was not studied; No. = Number