Background
Methods
Sample
Dependent variable
Independent variables
Statistical analysis
Results
Sample characteristics
Variables | N (%) / Mean (SD) |
---|---|
Sex: - Male: N (%) | 2397 (51.5%) |
– Female | 2258 (48.5%) |
Age in years: Mean (SD) | 61.0 (12.0) |
Family status: - Married, living together with spouse: N (%) | 3364 (72.3%) |
– Married, living separated from spouse | 91 (2.0%) |
– Divorced | 377 (8.1%) |
– Widowed | 579 (12.4%) |
– Single | 242 (5.2%) |
Employment status: - Employed: N (%) | 1744 (37.5%) |
– Retired | 2159 (46.4%) |
– Other: not employed | 752 (16.1%) |
Income (in Euro): Mean (SD) | 1455 (813) |
Self-rated health (from 1 = very good to 5 = very bad): Mean (SD) | 2.5 (0.9) |
Depressive symptoms: Mean (SD) | 7.5 (6.6) |
Physical functioning: Mean (SD) | 83.5 (23.6) |
Number of physical illnesses: Mean (SD) | 2.3 (1.9) |
Meaning in life (from 1 = not at all to 5 = extremely): Mean (SD) | 4.1 (0.9) |
GP visits in the past 12 months: Mean (SD) | 4.2 (3.7) |
GP visits in the past 12 months: N (%) | |
“Never” | 600 (12.9%) |
“Once” | 749 (16.1%) |
“2–3 times” | 1249 (26.8%) |
“4–6 times” | 1016 (21.8%) |
“7–12 times” | 782 (16.8%) |
“more often” | 259 (5.6%) |
Specialist visits in the past 12 months: Mean (SD) | 3.4 (4.0) |
Regression analysis
Independent variables | GP visits | Specialist visits |
---|---|---|
Meaning in life (from 1 = not at all to 5 = extremely) | 1.04** | 1.07** |
(1.01–1.08) | (1.02–1.12) | |
Female (Ref.: male) | 1.05+ | 1.78*** |
(1.00–1.11) | (1.66–1.91) | |
Age | 1.00+ | 0.99* |
(1.00–1.01) | (0.99–1.00) | |
Family status: - Married, living separated from spouse (Ref.: Married, living together with spouse) | 0.94 | 1.34* |
(0.77–1.16) | (1.06–1.70) | |
– Divorced | 0.91+ | 1.03 |
(0.83–1.01) | (0.91–1.16) | |
– Widowed | 1.02 | 0.90+ |
(0.94–1.10) | (0.80–1.01) | |
– Single | 0.94 | 0.94 |
(0.82–1.07) | (0.79–1.11) | |
Employment status: - Retired (Reference: Employed) | 1.22*** | 1.22** |
(1.11–1.34) | (1.08–1.38) | |
– Other: not employed | 1.05 | 1.15** |
(0.96–1.15) | (1.04–1.29) | |
Log income | 0.88*** | 1.17*** |
(0.83–0.93) | (1.08–1.27) | |
Self-rated health (from 1 = very good to 5 = very bad) | 1.27*** | 1.24*** |
(1.23–1.33) | (1.18–1.31) | |
Depressive symptoms (from 0 (no depressive symptoms) to 45 (severe depressive symptoms)) | 1.00* | 1.01*** |
(1.00–1.01) | (1.01–1.02) | |
Physical functioning (from 0 (worst) to 100 (best)) | 1.00*** | 1.00* |
(1.00–1.00) | (1.00–1.00) | |
Number of physical illnesses (from 0 to 11) | 1.09*** | 1.14*** |
(1.08–1.11) | (1.11–1.16) | |
Constant | 3.17*** | 0.20*** |
(1.87–5.38) | (0.09–0.41) | |
Observations | 3844 | 3850 |
Pseudo R2 | .056 | .045 |