The highest ranked motivator was achievements, which was significantly higher than all the others both for the overall sample, and by professional subgroup.
The number one ranked motivator was achievements which was significantly higher than all the others both for the overall sample, and by professional subgroup (Wilcoxon test, P < 0.001).
Table 2 shows the medians for pharmaceutical expenditures, both for the overall sample and for the group of patients that purchased medication in the studied period.
High SDs of the mean levels of funding, both in the overall sample and in the individual countries, demonstrate substantial variation in the funding reported by individual CBOs.
Univariate descriptive statistics were calculated for continuous variables; frequencies and percentages were used for categorical variables, both for the overall sample and according to type of center.
Hypertension (84.4%) was the most prevalent CVD risk factor and the least observed was smoking (10.4%), both in the overall sample and for the groups of frailty (Table 2).
The discriminatory power of the FAB (total score) to detect the patient's executive dysfunction (defined by the EI) was assessed by estimating the Area Under the receiver operating characteristic Curve (AUC) 27 and was evaluated both in the overall sample and within each RECPAM class.
While mean SBP and the prevalence of high BP ≥140/90 mmHg decreased substantially in Germany between 1998 and 2008 11 both in the overall sample and in untreated persons, mean BMI remained constant on a high level and the prevalence of obesity even slightly increased in men.
Inter-item correlations of questions 3 and 4 were moderate both for the overall sample (0.71) and those reporting pain (0.70).
The aims of this study were i) to find out which dimensions of QOL are associated with frailty status among community-dwelling older outpatients referred to a geriatric medicine clinic in Italy, and ii) to investigate independent correlates of QOL both in the overall sample and in two specific subgroups, the frail and robust older adults.
