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Table 1 The demographic profile of the sample

From: Telemedicine in community shelters: possibilities to improve chronic care among people experiencing homelessness in Hungary

Shelter

HCSOM

SHF

BIC 1

BIC 2

Total

Number of participants

12

21

12

30

75

Age

n

mean

n

mean

n

mean

n

mean

n

mean

12

56.9

21

63.6

12

64.8

30

63.2

75

62.6

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Gender

Male

12

100

14

33.3%

7

58.3%

24

80

57

76%

Female

0

0

7

66.7%

5

41.7%

6

20

18

24%

Total

12

100%

21

100%

12

100%

30

100%

75

100%

Highest level of education

8 years of elementary school or less

5

45.5%

11

52.4%

4

36.4%

11

36.7%

31

42.5%

Vocational school

4

36.4%

5

23.8%

4

36.4%

13

43.3%

26

35.6%

High school

1

9.1%

4

19.0%

1

9.1%

6

20.0%

12

16.4%

Higher education (college or university)

1

9.1%

1

4.8%

2

18.2%

0

0.0%

4

5.5%

Total

11

100%

21

100%

11

100%

30

100%

73

100%

Do you consider yourself to be a homeless person?

No

2

18.2%

3

15.0%

4

50.0%

0

0

9

13.0%

Yes

9

81.8%

17

85.0%

4

50.0%

30

100%

60

87.0%

Total

11

100%

20

100%

8

100%

30

100%

69

100%

How many years have you experienced homelessness?

0–5

3

33.3%

8

47.1%

0

0,0%

8

26.7%

19

31.7%

6–10

2

22.2%

2

11.8%

2

50.0%

14

46.7%

20

33.3%

11–15

1

11.1%

1

5.9%

0

0,0%

5

16.7%

7

11.7%

16 or more

3

33.3%

6

35.3%

2

50.0%

3

10.0%

14

23.3%

Total

9

100%

17

100%

4

100%

30

100%

60

100%

How often do you see a doctor/use health care services?

Semi-annually or more frequently

10

90.9%

4

100.0%

16

55.2%

16

76.2%

46

70.8%

Annually or less frequently

1

9.1%

0

0.0%

13

44.8%

5

23.8%

19

29.2%

Total

11

100%

4

100%

29

100%

21

100%

65

100%

Number of self-reported chronic conditions

mean

SD

mean

SD

mean

SD

mean

SD

mean

SD

3.58

2.15

2.67

1.20

3.50

1.45

1.90

1.16

2.64

1.55

  1. All statistics are listed as percentage, mean or standard deviation (SD). The abbreviations for shelters are the following: HCSOM Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta, SHF Shelter House Foundation, BIC Baptist Integration Center