Table 3

Associations among background characteristics, ideal care, actual care, the care gap and satisfaction with care

1.
Age (years)		2.
Gender (male)		3.
Marital status (married)		4.
Education (years)		5.
COPD		6.
Cancer		7.
Heart failure		8.
Comor-bidities		9.
Medica-tion		10.
Ideal care		11.
Actual care		12.
Care gap
1. Age (years)
2. Gender (male)0.18**
3. Marital status (married)0.020.16*
4. Education (years)–0.30***–0.020.14
5. COPD–0.10–0.120.030.11
6. Cancer–0.08–0.03–0.020.05–0.58***
7. Heart failure0.20**0.16*–0.02–0.17**–0.48***–0.44***
8. Comorbidities (no of additional diseases)0.30***0.02–0.01–0.24**–0.04–0.25***0.31***
9. Medication (no of medicines taken)0.33***0.110.06–0.20**0.00–0.31***0.33***0.42***
10. Ideal care0.13–0.22**–0.05–0.00–0.15*0.060.100.120.12
11. Actual care0.08–0.04–0.01–0.04–0.120.110.02–0.040.110.48***
12. Care gap (ideal vs actual care)0.02–0.14–0.030.050.01–0.070.060.11–0.040.22**–0.75***
13. Satisfaction with care–0.07–0.08–0.05–0.06–0.09–0.090.02–0.08–0.110.080.41***–0.37***

  • *P≤0.05 (two-tailed); **P<0.01; ***P<0.001.

  • COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.