Patient characteristics
| Characteristic | No. (%) of patients* | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall n = 311 | Heart failure n = 72 | No heart failure n = 239 | |
| Female | 198 (63.7) | 42 (58.3) | 156 (65.3) |
| Age, mean (SD) | 73.2 (13.6) | 83.6 (10.9) | 70.0 (12.8) |
| Age, yr | |||
| 35–< 50 | 19 (6.1) | 0 (0.0) | 19 (7.9) |
| 50–75 | 162 (52.1) | 17 (23.6) | 145 (60.7) |
| > 75 | 130 (41.8) | 55 (76.4) | 75 (31.4) |
| Clinic | |||
| A (urban) | 130 (41.8) | 40 (30.8) | 90 (69.2) |
| B (rural) | 117 (37.6) | 24 (20.5) | 93 (79.5) |
| C (urban) | 64 (20.6) | 8 (12.5) | 56 (87.5) |
| Other validated CPCSSN chronic conditions | |||
| Chronic kidney disease | 28 (9.0) | 12 (16.7) | 16 (6.7) |
| Dementia | 30 (9.6) | 16 (22.2) | 14 (5.9) |
| Depression | 125 (40.2) | 26 (36.1) | 99 (41.4) |
| Diabetes | 69 (22.2) | 26 (36.1) | 43 (18.0) |
| Hypertension | 178 (57.2) | 52 (72.2) | 126 (52.7) |
| Osteoarthritis | 116 (37.3) | 33 (45.8) | 83 (34.7) |
| No. of comorbid conditions† | |||
| 1 | 45 (14.5) | 7 (9.7) | 38 (15.9) |
| 2 | 84 (27.0) | 11 (15.3) | 73 (30.5) |
| 3 | 94 (30.2) | 20 (27.8) | 74 (31.0) |
| ≥ 4 | 88 (28.3) | 34 (47.2) | 54 (22.6) |
Note: CPCSSN = Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network, SD = standard deviation.
↵* Unless indicated otherwise.
↵† All patients had COPD, so each was classified as having at least 1 comorbid condition. Conditions were limited to those for which the CPCSSN has validated algorithms: chronic kidney disease, dementia, depression, diabetes, herpes zoster, hypertension and osteoarthritis; epilepsy and Parkinson disease were not included because n < 5 for both conditions.