Safer Patients Empowered to Engage and Communicate about Health (SPEECH) in primary care: a feasibility study and process evaluation of an intervention for older people with multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity)

Table 2 Patient demographic data

Demographic characteristic		N	%
Gender	Female	17	42.5
Gender	Male	23	57.5
Age	65–74	16	40.0
	75–84	20	50.0
	85+	4	10.0
Ethnicity	White British	40	100.0
Qualifications	No formal	10	25.0
	GCSE or equivalent	7	17.5
	A-Level or equivalent	6	15.0
	Degree	17	42.5
Living status	Alone	17	42.5
Living status	With partner / children	23	57.5
Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) decile	1–3	6	15.0
	4–7	22	55.0
	8–10	12	30.0
Number of medications	< 5	15	37.5
	5–9	14	35.0
	10+	11	27.5
Number of self-reported long-term conditions	2–4	19	47.5
	5–6	11	27.5
	7+	10	25.0

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