Table 1 Sample profiles Sample 1...

Table 1

Sample profiles

		Sample 1 Hospital		Sample 2 Hospital		Sample 3 Hospital		Sample 4 Online primary care
Sample characteristics		Pct.(%)	Freq.	Pct.(%)	Freq.	Pct.(%)	Freq.	Pct.(%)	Freq.
Gender	Male	48.7	136	45.5	126	54.8	152	43.4	129
Gender	Female	51.3	143	54.5	152	45.2	125	56.6	168
Marital status	Married	62.7	176	64.2	179	50.7	140	59.3	176
	Single	26.5	74	24	67	24.8	69	24.2	72
	Separated/ divorced	7.9	22	9.3	26	14.9	42	9.1	27
	Widowed	2.5	7	2.2	6	6.9	19	5.4	16
	Other	0	0	0	0	2.6	7	2	6
Education	Some secondary	7.9	22	6.8	19	23.3	65	1	3
	Senior secondary	16.5	46	21.9	61	25.1	70	14.5	43
	Technical college	22.6	63	22.2	62	20.7	58	18.2	54
	Some tertiary	8.2	23	10.4	29	10.2	29	5.7	17
	Undergraduate degree	24.4	68	20.4	57	7.3	21	37.4	111
	Postgraduate degree	19	53	16.1	45	9.5	27	21.5	64
	Other	1.4	4	1.8	5	2.5	7	1.7	5
Occupation	Professional	15.8	44	15.1	42	6.5	19	16.8	50
	Manager/Admin	18.3	51	20.1	56	9.1	27	26.9	80
	Paraprofessional	3.6	10	2.9	8	1.1	5	0.3	1
	Office/clerical	8.6	24	6.8	19	3.6	12	3	9
	Tradesperson	7.9	22	6.8	19	13.1	36	6.1	18
	Sales/service	6.1	17	3.9	11	3.3	11	5.7	17
	Homemaker	9.0	25	9.3	26	6.5	20	8.4	25
	Student	4.7	13	3.2	9	2.2	6	4.4	13
	Seeking work	2.9	8	3.9	11	1.8	5	2.7	8
	Retired	12.2	34	14.3	40	11.6	34	16.8	50
	Pensioner	6.8	19	6.8	19	21.1	60	0.3	1
	Other	4.3	12	6.5	18	15.3	42	8.4	25
Age (in years)	Mean	42.9 (15.9)		43.5 (16.3)		54.2 (17.1)		45.6 (15.5)
Age (in years)	Range	18–75		18–75		18–85		18–82
Sample size		272		278		275		297

		Sample 1Hospital		Sample 2Hospital		Sample 3Hospital		Sample 4Online primary care
Sample characteristics		Pct.(%)	Freq.	Pct.(%)	Freq.	Pct.(%)	Freq.	Pct.(%)	Freq.
Gender	Male	48.7	136	45.5	126	54.8	152	43.4	129
Gender	Female	51.3	143	54.5	152	45.2	125	56.6	168
Marital status	Married	62.7	176	64.2	179	50.7	140	59.3	176
	Single	26.5	74	24	67	24.8	69	24.2	72
	Separated/ divorced	7.9	22	9.3	26	14.9	42	9.1	27
	Widowed	2.5	7	2.2	6	6.9	19	5.4	16
	Other	0	0	0	0	2.6	7	2	6
Education	Some secondary	7.9	22	6.8	19	23.3	65	1	3
	Senior secondary	16.5	46	21.9	61	25.1	70	14.5	43
	Technical college	22.6	63	22.2	62	20.7	58	18.2	54
	Some tertiary	8.2	23	10.4	29	10.2	29	5.7	17
	Undergraduate degree	24.4	68	20.4	57	7.3	21	37.4	111
	Postgraduate degree	19	53	16.1	45	9.5	27	21.5	64
	Other	1.4	4	1.8	5	2.5	7	1.7	5
Occupation	Professional	15.8	44	15.1	42	6.5	19	16.8	50
	Manager/Admin	18.3	51	20.1	56	9.1	27	26.9	80
	Paraprofessional	3.6	10	2.9	8	1.1	5	0.3	1
	Office/clerical	8.6	24	6.8	19	3.6	12	3	9
	Tradesperson	7.9	22	6.8	19	13.1	36	6.1	18
	Sales/service	6.1	17	3.9	11	3.3	11	5.7	17
	Homemaker	9.0	25	9.3	26	6.5	20	8.4	25
	Student	4.7	13	3.2	9	2.2	6	4.4	13
	Seeking work	2.9	8	3.9	11	1.8	5	2.7	8
	Retired	12.2	34	14.3	40	11.6	34	16.8	50
	Pensioner	6.8	19	6.8	19	21.1	60	0.3	1
	Other	4.3	12	6.5	18	15.3	42	8.4	25
Age (in years)	Mean	42.9 (15.9)		43.5 (16.3)		54.2 (17.1)		45.6 (15.5)
Age (in years)	Range	18–75		18–75		18–85		18–82
Sample size		272		278		275		297

Note:

Figures in parentheses depict the standard deviation

Source: Authors’ own work