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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants

From: Self-management support in flemish primary care practice: the development of a preliminary conceptual model using a qualitative approach

 

Patients

Informal caregivers

Gender

  Male

5

7

  Female

11

9

Mean age

67.5

66.8

Additional inclusion criteria

  Patients taking four or more different medications

11

-

  Patients demanding a higher need of care

6

-

  Patients of low socio-economic situation

3

-

  Patients estimated to have limited or low health literacy

3

-

  Patients tending to need more care according to at least one member of their primary care team

2

-

Employment

  Employed

0

1

  Unemployed

0

1

  Unemployed due to disability

3

3

  Retired

13

11