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Table 1 Sociodemographic data of the study groups including participation refusion and exclusion rate

From: Validation of a questionnaire measuring the regulation of autonomic function

 

TG

CG

BC

CRC

DM (1/2)

CHD

RD

HD

MC

Invited (n)

475

131

95

51

66

45

29

36

22

Consented (n)

452

120

95

51

60

42

28

34

22

Complete Data (n/%)

440/100

115/26.1

95/21.6

49/11.1

60/13.6 (20/40)

39/8.9

28/6.4

32/7.3

22/5.0

Women (n/%)

316/71.8

80/25.3

95/30.1

30/9.5

29/9.2 (10/19)

13/4.1

22/7.0

32/10.1

15/4.7

Men (n/%)

124/28.2

35/2.8

0/0

19/15.3

31/25.0 (10/21)

26/21.0

6/4.8

0/0

7/5.6

Age (mean)

56.8

54.0

57.1

62.0

53.7

67.3

47.7

52.1

65.1

(SD)

(13.6)

(14.2)

(9.9)

(12.2)

(14.5)

(9.3)

(16.4)

(12.6)

(9.7)

Retest (n/%)

227/51.6

59/26.0

34/15.0

26/11.4

41/18.1

22/9.7

19/8.4

17/7.5

12/5.3

Test-Retest time in weeks Mean (SD)

13.1 (7.8)

        

Median (25/75% Quartils)

12.0 (6.0/19)

        

Marital Status

         

Married (n/%)

274/62.3

75/27.4

59/21.5

33/12.0

38/13.8

29/10.6

10/3.6

15/5.5

15/5.5

Single (n/%)

52/11.8

13/25.0

8/15.3

6/11.5

6/11.5

4/7.7

9/17.3

5/9.6

1/1.9

Divorced (n/%)

55/12.5

15/27.3

13/23.6

5/9.1

9/16.4

3/5.5

4/7.3

5/9.1

1/1.8

Widowed (n/%)

41/9.3

8/19.5

9/17.6

4/9.8

7/17.1

3/7.3

3/7.3

3/7.3

4/9.8

No details available (n/%)

18/4.1

4/22.2

6/33.3

1/5.6

0/0

0/0

2/11.1

4/22.2

1/56.

Most recent profession

         

Worker (n/%)

69/15.7

6/8.7

12/17.4

12/17.4

18/26.1

9/13.0

5/7.2

3/4.3

4/5.8

Employee/civil servant (n/%)

245/55.7

72/29.4

45/18.4

22/8.9

35/14.3

25/14.2

13/5.3

19/7.7

14/5

Self employed (n/%)

48/10.9

19/39.6

8/16.7

5/10.4

3/6.2

2/4.2

6/12.5

3/6.2

2/4.2

House wife/husband (n/%)

57/12.9

12/21.1

23/40.4

10/17.5

1/1.8

3/5.3

2/3.5

4/7.0

2/3.5

Still in education (n/%)

7/1.6

3/4.3

0/0

0/0

2/28.6

0/0

2/28.6

0/0

0/0

No details available (n/%)

14/3.2

3/21.4

7/50.0

0/0

1/7.1

0/0

0/0

3/21.4

0/0

  1. Abbreviation: Total group (TG), Control (CG), breast cancer (BC), colorectal cancer (CRC), diabetes mellitus type 1/2 (DM), coronary heart disease (CHD), rheumatic diseases (RD), Hashimoto disease (HD), multiple conditions (MC)