Table 2 Clinical and related information of the study participants
Clinical and related information | ||
|---|---|---|
 Outpatient visits in the last 06 months | ||
|  | 1–2 times | 34 (15.5%) |
3 times | 99 (45.2%) | |
4 times | 37 (16.9%) | |
5 times | 18 (8.2%) | |
6 times | 31 (14.2%) | |
  Number of chronic diseases | One | 81 (37.0%) |
| Â | Two | 97 (44.3%) |
|  | ≥ Three | 41 (18.7%) |
  CCI, mean ± SD | 3.6 ± 1.1 | |
 Disease of the circulatory system | ||
  Hypertension | 127 (58%) | |
  Ischemic heart disease | 30 (13.7%) | |
  Ischemic stroke | 21 (9.6%) | |
  Heart failure | 16 (7.3%) | |
  Hypertensive heart disease | 15 (6.8%) | |
  Ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy | 15 (6.8%) | |
  Atrial fibrillation | 8 (3.7%) | |
  Others€ | 8 (3.7%) | |
  Chronic rheumatic valvular heart disease | 6 (2.7%) | |
  Certain infectious and parasitic diseases¶ | 5 (2.5%) | |
 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | ||
  Diabetes mellitus | 69 (31.5%) | |
  Goiter | 2 (0.9%) | |
  Thyrotoxicosis | 1 (0.5%) | |
 Diseases of the nervous system | ||
  Peripheral neuropathy | 25 (11.4%) | |
  Epilepsy | 13 (5.9%) | |
  Hemiparesis | 6 (2.7%) | |
  Others¥ | 4 (2%) | |
 Disease of the respiratory system | ||
  Asthma | 8 (3.7%) | |
  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 7 (3.2%) | |
  Interstitial lung disease | 1 (0.5%) | |
 Disease of the digestive system | ||
  Dyspepsia | 7 (3.2%) | |
  Chronic liver disease | 1 (0.5%) | |
 Disease of the genitourinary system | ||
  Benign prostatic hyperplasia | 3 (1.4%) | |
  Chronic kidney disease | 2 (0.9%) | |
 Disease of the blood and blood-forming organs | ||
  Iron deficiency anemia | 1 (0.5%) | |
 Disease of the eye and adnexa | ||
  Glaucoma | 1 (0.5%) | |