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Table 1 The patients’ characteristics

From: Patient involvement in assessing consultation quality: validation of patient enablement instrument (PEI) in Lithuanian general practice

Indicator

Total

(n = 2342)

Age, mean (SD)

53.43 (15.08)

Gender, N (%)

 Men

808 (34.5)

 Women

1534 (65.6)

Need for visiting a doctor, N (%)

 Biomedical

1342 (57.30)

 Social

62 (2.65)

 Psychological

98 (4.18)

 Complex

644 (27.50)

 Administrative

196 (8.37)

Medicine prescription, N (%)

 Expecting the prescription

1761 (75.2)

 Getting the prescription

1586 (67.7)

Knowing the doctor, N (%)

 Very well

1272 (54.3)

 Well

452 (19.3)

 Average

302 (12.9)

 A little bit

166 (7.1)

 Not knowing

150 (6.4)

 Visiting regular doctor, N (%)

2030 (86.7)

 Prefer to see another doctor, N (%)

494 (21.1)