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Table 5 Proportions of participants with regular clinical follow-up and monthly doctor visits stratified by health conditions

From: The association of health-related factors with quality of life among the elderly population in the Jaffna district of Sri Lanka

Diseases

Number of elderly individuals with that specific disease

Number of elderly individuals regularly attending a clinic

Number of elderly individuals visiting a doctor at least monthly

n

%

n

%

Muscular skeletal conditions

181

33

18.2

41

22.6

Diabetes

168

117

69.6

118

70.2

Hypertension

153

84

54.9

91

59.4

Vision impairment

132

38

28.8

47

35.6

Bronchial asthma

80

23

28.7

22

27.5

Hearing impairment

40

4

10

7

17.5

Hyperlipidaemia

29

18

62.1

18

62.1

Heart disease

18

15

83.3

16

88.9

Kidney disease

7

2

28.5

3

42.8

Other

13

3

23.1

4

30.8