Characteristics of patients surveyed in the project (data numbers (n) other than ‘the number of patients surveyed’ are due to occasional deficiencies in data collection; ‘other’ marital status: divorced, short-term relationship or the patient cannot define it)
| Preintervention | Postintervention | |
| The number of patients surveyed: | 890 | 847 |
| Sex | n=871 | n=830 |
| Male | 42.3% | 43.6% |
| Female | 57.7% | 56.4% |
| Age | n=887 | n=839 |
| 18–25 years | 12.0% | 12.5% |
| 26–40 years | 25.8% | 25.4% |
| 41–65 years | 37.4% | 38.0% |
| 65 years- | 24.8% | 24.1% |
| Marital status | n=876 | n=835 |
| Other | 2.4% | 1.8% |
| Single | 23.7% | 22.8% |
| Widowed | 19.5% | 18.8% |
| Married/long-term relationship | 54.4% | 56.6% |
| Educational attainment | n=876 | n=817 |
| Primary school | 7.0% | 8.6% |
| Vocational school | 24.0% | 23.1% |
| Baccalaureate | 34.3% | 35.7% |
| University | 34.7% | 32.6% |
| Type of settlement | n=889 | n=846 |
| Villages | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| Other cities | 40.8% | 40.5% |
| County towns | 9.7% | 10.4% |
| Capital city | 46.1% | 45.5% |