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Table 1 Summary of characteristics of participants with a chronic disease

From: Risk factors for not completing health interventions and the potential impact on health inequalities between educational groups – a mixed method study from Denmark

 

Categories

N

Completed

   

Yes (%)

No (%)

p-value

Education (N = 97)

Low

55

61.8

38.2

0.13

High

42

76.2

23.2

Gender (N = 104)

Woman

51

64.7

35.3

0.32

Man

53

73.6

26.4

Age (N = 102)

<60

22

50

50

0.03

>60

80

73.8

26.3

Cohabitation status (N = 100)

Living together

54

61.1

38.9

0.06

Living alone

46

78.3

21.7

Cancellation of first meeting (N = 104)

Cancelled

16

43.8

56.3

0.01

Not Cancelled

88

73.9

26.1

  1. Low education: no basic schooling, still at school, college, commercial college
  2. High education: short-, medium-length education, or more than 4 years of education
  3. First meeting: Participants not showing up, cancelling or rescheduling first meeting at health centre