Characteristics of the subjects participated in the Chinese PCPCM psychometric study in Hong Kong
| Characteristics (N=300) | No, (%) |
| Age group | |
| 18–59 | 172 (57) |
| 60 or above | 128 (43) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 150 (50) |
| Female | 150 (50) |
| Education level | |
| No formal education received | 11 (4) |
| Primary | 45 (15) |
| Secondary | 146 (49) |
| Tertiary | 98 (32) |
| Occupation | |
| Professional or managerial | 16 (5) |
| Clerical work | 30 (10) |
| Labour work | 79 (27) |
| Retired | 93 (31) |
| Housewife | 43 (14) |
| Unemployed | 14 (5) |
| Others/not answered | 25 (8) |
| Consultation reason | |
| Chronic disease(s) follow up | 149 (50) |
| Episodic illness(es) | 151 (50) |
| Regarded the consulted doctor as one’s family doctor | |
| Yes | 74 (25) |
| No | 226 (75) |
| Duration the patient had known the doctor | |
| <1 year | 223 (74) |
| ≥1 year | 77 (26) |
| Likeliness to see the same doctor/nurse each time for consultation | |
| Probably not or definitely not or not sure | 188 (63) |
| Probably or definitely will | 112 (37) |
| Frequency of using GOPC services in the past 12 months | |
| 0–2 times | 65 (22) |
| >2 times | 235 (78) |
| Self-perceived health level | |
| Fair or poor | 140 (47) |
| Good or very good or excellent | 160 (53) |
| No of illness(es) consulted (for chronic patients only) (n=149) | No, (%) |
| =1 | 93 (62) |
| >1 | 56 (38) |
GOPC, General Out-patient Clinic (the public primary care clinic system in Hong Kong); PCPCM, Person-Centred Primary Care Measure.