Table 5 Test for variables influencing GPs ability to identify lonely and non-lonely patients
Lonely patients | Not lonely patients | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GP: Not lonely | GP: Lonely | P-value | GP: Not lonely | GP: Lonely | P-value | ||
Gender | Men | 14 (56.0) | 11 (44.0) | 134 (82.2) | 29 (17.8) | ||
Women | 27 (50.9) | 26 (49.1) | 0.6764 | 165 (81.7) | 37 (18.3) | 0.8968 | |
Age | 65–75 | 22 (53.7) | 19 (46.3) | 188 (84.3) | 35 (15.7) | ||
76+ | 19 (51.4) | 18 (48.7) | 0.8385 | 111 (78.2) | 31 (21.8) | 0.1376 | |
Living alone | Yes | 21 (40.4) | 31 (59.6) | 94 (65.7) | 49 (34.3) | ||
No | 19 (90.5) | 2 (9.5) | <.0001* | 193 (91.9) | 17 (8.1) | <.0001 | |
Time associated with the GP | <= 5 years | 7 (58.3) | 5 (41.7) | 38 (92.7) | 3 (7.3) | ||
> 5 years | 33 (54.1) | 28 (45.9) | 0.7876 | 253 (80.3) | 62 (19.7) | 0.0802* | |
Self-rated health status | Excellent / Very good | 11 (73.3) | 4 (26.7) | 100 (87.0) | 15 (13.0) | ||
Good | 16 (53.3) | 14 (46.7) | 144 (81.8) | 32 (18.2) | |||
Less good / bad | 13 (48.2) | 14 (51.8) | 0.2831* | 43 (69.4) | 19 (30.6) | 0.0160 | |
Chronic disease | Yes | 34 (53.1) | 30 (46.9) | 77 (85.6) | 13 (14.4) | ||
No | 7 (50.0) | 7 (50.0) | 0.8320 | 222 (80.7) | 53 (19.3) | 0.3016 | |
Feeling anxious or depressed | No anxiety or depression | 20 (57.1) | 15 (42.9) | 257 (81.6) | 58 (18.4) | ||
Moderate/severe anxiety or depression | 19 (52.8) | 17 (47.2) | 0.7117 | 33 (82.5) | 7 (17.5) | 0.8882 | |
Visits by friends or family in the last month | At least once a week | 20 (52.6) | 18 (47.4) | 215 (83.0) | 44 (17.0) | ||
Less than once a week | 19 (55.9) | 15 (44.1) | 75 (81.5) | 17 (18.5) | |||
Never | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 0.9261* | 7 (70.0) | 3 (30.0) | 0.6092* | |
Visited friends or family in the last month | At least once a week | 17 (53.1) | 15 (46.9) | 186 (83.0) | 38 (17.0) | ||
Less than once a week | 22 (53.7) | 19 (46.3) | 105 (82.7) | 22 (17.3) | |||
Never | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | 1.000* | 5 (62.5) | 3 (37.5) | 0.4974 | |
Participated in leisure activities outside the home in the last month | At least once a week | 21 (53.9) | 18 (46.1) | 190 (84.1) | 36 (15.9) | ||
Less than once a week | 9 (50.0) | 9 (50.0) | 68 (80.0) | 17 (20.0) | |||
Never | 10 (52.6) | 9 (47.4) | 0.9641 | 31 (75.6) | 10 (24.4) | 0.3628 | |
GP assessed social participation | High | 17 (73.9) | 6 (26.1) | 177 (91.7) | 16 (8.3) | ||
Medium | 19 (67.9) | 9 (32.1) | 95 (84.8) | 17 (15.2) | |||
Low | 5 (21.7) | 18 (78.3) | 0.0004 | 21 (44.7) | 26 (55.3) | <.0001 | |
Patient reported social participation | High | 10 (52.6) | 9 (47.4) | 111 (84.1) | 21 (15.9) | ||
Medium | 15 (55.6) | 12 (44.4) | 137 (82.0) | 30 (18.0) | |||
Low | 15 (53.6) | 13 (46.4) | 0.9789 | 38 (79.2) | 10 (20.8) | 0.7327 | |