Table 1

Participant characteristics

Baseline survey
(n=244)
Baseline original MTBQ (n=112)Baseline reversed MTBQ (n=132)
Age (years; mean, SD)69.9, 13.171.9, 11.668.1, 14.0
Age group (n, (%))
 18–50 years18 (7.4)4 (3.6)14 (10.6)
 51–60 years37 (15.2)15 (13.4)22 (16.7)
 61–70 years55 (22.5)25 (22.3)30 (22.7)
 71–80 years82 (33.6)42 (37.5)40 (30.3)
 81–90 years47 (19.3)22 (19.6)25 (18.9)
 91+ years4 (1.6)3 (2.7)1 (0.8)
 Missing1 (0.4)1 (0.9)0 (0)
Gender (n, (%))
 Male130 (53.3)61 (54.5)69 (52.3)
 Female113 (46.3)50 (44.6)63 (47.7)
 Missing1 (0.4)1 (0.9)0 (0)
Ethnicity (n, (%))
 White229 (93.9)106 (94.6)123 (93.2)
 Asian5 (2.0)2 (1.8)3 (2.3)
 Black/African/Caribbean4 (1.6)2 (1.8)2 (1.5)
 Mixed4 (1.6)1 (0.9)3 (2.3)
 Other1 (0.4)1 (0.9)0 (0)
 Missing1 (0.4)0 (0.0)1 (0.8)
No of long-term conditions* (n, (%))
 3136 (55.7)58 (51.8)78 (59.1)
 473 (29.9)35 (31.3)38 (28.8)
 ≥535 (14.3)19 (17.0)16 (12.1)
Long-term conditions* (n, (%))
 Cardiovascular disease†210 (86.1)98 (87.5)112 (84.8)
 Stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA)72 (29.5)39 (34.8)33 (25.0)
 Diabetes141 (57.8)60 (53.6)81 (61.4)
 Chronic kidney disease68 (27.9)30 (26.8)38 (28.8)
 COPD or asthma119 (48.8)51 (45.5)68 (51.5)
 Epilepsy20 (8.2)12 (10.7)8 (6.1)
 Atrial fibrillation79 (32.4)41 (36.6)38 (28.8)
 Severe mental health problems13 (5.3)3 (2.7)10 (7.6)
 Depression107 (43.9)51 (45.5)56 (42.4)
 Learning disability4 (1.6)0 (0)4 (3.0)
 Rheumatoid arthritis17 (7.0)12 (10.7)5 (3.8)
 Heart failure31 (12.7)16 (14.3)15 (11.4)
Age left full-time education (years) (n, (%))
 ≤1422 (9.0)9 (8.0)13 (9.8)
 15 or 16155 (63.5)77 (68.8)78 (59.1)
 17 or 1833 (13.5)14 (12.5)19 (14.4)
 ≥1931 (12.7)11 (9.8)20 (15.2)
 Missing3 (1.3)1 (0.9)2 (1.5)
Employment status (n, (%))
 Fully retired from work144 (59.0)69 (61.6)75 (56.8)
 Employed36 (14.8)13 (11.6)23 (17.4)
 Other64 (26.2)30 (26.8)34 (25.8)
 Missing0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
Deprivation score‡ (n, (%))
 Quintile 1 (least deprived)49 (20.1)26 (23.2)23 (17.4)
 Quintile 249 (20.1)22 (19.6)27 (20.5)
 Quintile 374 (30.3)33 (29.5)41 (31.1)
 Quintile 447 (19.3)21 (18.8)26 (19.7)
 Quintile 5 (most deprived)25 (10.2)10 (8.9)15 (11.4)
 Missing0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
  • *Long-term conditions from electronic GP records. Please note, similar long-term conditions are grouped together (eg, COPD/asthma, stroke/TIA).

  • †Cardiovascular disease includes coronary heart disease, hypertension and peripheral arterial disease.

  • ‡Based on Townsend deprivation index scores.18

  • COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GP, general practitioner; MTBQ, Multimorbidity Treatment Burden Questionnaire.