Patient demographic characteristics
| Site | S'ton | Swindon | Essex | Coventry | Weston- S-Mare | UCLH | Sussex and Surrey | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of responders | 28 | 89 | 14 | 92 | 15 | 23 | 52 | 313 |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 73.0 (8.598) | 71.9 (7.276) | 66.5 (2.953) | 67.93 (5.441) | 77.93 (5.849) | 68.13 (5.684) | 68.08 (5.577) | 70.49 (7.335) |
| Range | 55–86 | 53–72 | 62–72 | 50–79 | 71–81 | 51–77 | 50–81 | 51–86 |
| Employment status | ||||||||
| Full-time employment | 4 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 41 |
| Part-time employment | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 28 |
| Retired | 19 | 72 | 7 | 69 | 15 | 10 | 42 | 234 |
| Unemployed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Unknown | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Relationship status | ||||||||
| Co-habiting | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| Divorced | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| Married/civil partnership | 18 | 70 | 10 | 75 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 239 |
| Single | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| Widowed | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Unknown | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Education status | ||||||||
| Left school before age 15 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 56 |
| Completed secondary education | 18 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 106 |
| College/specialised training | 6 | 31 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 99 |
| University | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 47 |
| Unknown | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| White British | 28 | 85 | 11 | 87 | 15 | 19 | 51 | 296 |
| White Other | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Afro-Caribbean | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Asian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Other | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |