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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Patients’ perception of safety climate in Irish general practice: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Frequencya (%)

Gender

 Male

138 (24.4)

 Female

427 (75.6)

Nationality

 Irish

533 (91.3)

 Non-Irish

36 (6.3)

GMS status

 Medical card

122 (21.4)

 GP visit card

34 (6)

 Private patient

414 (72.6)

Recent fall

 Yes

45 (7.9)

 No

526 (92.1)

Recent hospital admission

 Yes

109 (19.0)

 No

464 (81.0)

Polypharmacy

 Yes

69 (12.3)

 No

490 (87.7)

Multimorbidity

 Yes

77 (13.4)

 No

498 (86.6)

  1. a Numbers do not add to 584 (total N), as demographic data were missing for some participants. The valid percent is reported