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Table 4 Patient characteristics (N = 430)

From: The development of a self-management evaluation scale for elderly adults with hypertension based on the capability, opportunity, and motivation-behaviour (COM-B) model

Project

Category

N (%)

Age

60–69

190 (44.2)

70–79

157 (36.5)

 >  = 80

83 (19.3)

Gender

Male

230 (53.5)

Female

200 (46.5)

Education

Primary and below

122 (28.4)

Junior high school

134 (31.2)

High school

111 (25.8)

Junior college

23 (5.3)

College degree and above

11 (5.1)

Marital status

Married

334 (77.7)

Widowed

91 (21.2)

Unmarried/divorce/other

5 (1.2)

Occupation type

Medical work-related careers

49 (11.4)

Non-medical work-related careers

381 (88.6)

Monthly family income CNY (Â¥)

 < 2000

46 (10.7)

2001–4000

139 (32.2)

4001–6000

158 (36.7)

 > 6000

87 (20.2)

Medical insurance

Resident medical insurance

62 (14.4)

Employee medical insurance

287 (66.7)

New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme

60 (14.0)

Self-funded

17 (4.0)

Commercial insurance

4 (0.9)

Duration of hypertension

 < 1 years

32 (7.4)

1–5 years

148 (34.4)

6–10 years

107 (24.9)

 > 10 years

143 (33.3)