Table 2 Involvement of personal and professional relations stratified according to age groups
Study sample | < 40 years | 40–59 years | 60–79 years | > 80 years | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Total | 4885 | (100) | 569 | (100) | 1702 | (100) | 2380 | (100) | 234 | (100) |
Professional relationsa | ||||||||||
General practitioner | 1478 | (30.3) | 78 | (13.7) | 371 | (21.8) | 926 | (38.9) | 103 | (44.0) |
Another doctor | 1089 | (22.3) | 58 | (10.2) | 268 | (15.7) | 688 | (28.9) | 75 | (32.1) |
Physiotherapist/chiropractor | 45 | (0.9) | 6 | (1.1) | 18 | (1.1) | 19 | (0.8) | < 5 | |
Home carer/nurse | 43 | (0.9) | < 5 | 8 | (0.5) | 23 | (1.0) | 10 | (4.3) | |
Pharmacy staff | 31 | (0.6) | 6 | (1.1) | 11 | (0.6) | 11 | (0.5) | < 5 | |
Alternative therapist | 60 | (1.2) | 15 | (2.6) | 21 | (1.2) | 22 | (0.9) | < 5 | |
Other | 292 | (6.0) | 18 | (3.2) | 85 | (5.0) | 171 | (7.2) | 18 | (7.7) |
Noneb | 2888 | (59.1) | 443 | (77.9) | 1176 | (69.1) | 1171 | (49.2) | 98 | (41.9) |
Personal relationsa | ||||||||||
Spouse/partner | 3132 | (64.1) | 229 | (40.2) | 1016 | (59.7) | 1725 | (72.5) | 162 | (69.2) |
Children | 482 | (9.9) | < 5 | 113 | (6.6) | 307 | (12.9) | 59 | (25.2) | |
Parents | 171 | (3.5) | 74 | (13.0) | 84 | (4.9) | 12 | (0.5) | < 5 | |
Colleague/classmate | 233 | (4.8) | 28 | (4.9) | 115 | (6.8) | 88 | (3.7) | < 5 | |
Friend | 548 | (11.2) | 76 | (13.4) | 183 | (10.8) | 277 | (11.6) | 12 | (5.1) |
Neighbour | 110 | (2.3) | < 5 | 36 | (2.1) | 68 | (2.9) | < 5 | ||
Other | 109 | (2.2) | 5 | (0.9) | 28 | (1.6) | 68 | (2.9) | 8 | (3.4) |
Noneb | 1386 | (28.4) | 271 | (47.6) | 581 | (34.1) | 492 | (20.7) | 42 | (17.9) |
No relation | ||||||||||
Nonec | 1148 | (23.5) | 245 | (43.1) | 515 | (30.3) | 361 | (15.2) | 27 | (11.5) |