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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical aspects

From: Gothenburg Empowerment Scale (GES): psychometric properties and measurement invariance in adults with congenital heart disease from Belgium, Norway and South Korea

 

Total Sample

(n = 850)

Belgium

(n = 497)

Norway

(n = 144)

South Korea

(n = 209)

Age at inclusion (median, (Q1;Q3))

30.0 (27;43)

29.0 (27;38)

40.0 (30;53)

31.0 (24;45)

Sex (n (%))

Female

Male

430 (51.0)

413 (49.0)

240 (48.3)

253 (50.9)

86 (60.1)

57 (39.9)

104(50.2)

103 (49.8)

Education (n (%))

No high school education

High school

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree or higher

447 (5.2)

346 (41.2)

258 (30.8)

190 (22.6)

29 (5.9)

194 (39.6)

160 (32.7)

106 (21.6)

10 (6.9)

60 (41.7)

33 (22.9)

41 (28.5)

5 (2.4)

92 (44.9)

65 (31.7)

43 (21.0)

CHD complexity (n (%))

Mild

Moderate

Severe

116 (13.8)

473 (56.4)

249 (29.7)

98 (19.7)

313 (63.0)

86 (17.3)

8 (6.0)

82 (61.7)

43 (32.3)

10 (4.8)

78 (37.5)

120 (57.7)