Explanatory variable | Dependant variable | ||
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 | Change in rate of thiazide-prescribing | Change in rate of achievement of treatment goals | Rate of assessment of cardiovascular risk |
Geographical area (Oslo- or TromsĂž-area) | 0.89 | 0.42 | 0.74 |
Size of practice (number of doctors) | 0.36 | 0.046 | 0.95 |
Proportion of doctors present at meeting | 0.04 | 0.32 | 0.25 |
Pharmacist dummy-variable 1 (pharmacist A = 1, else = 0) | 0.09 | 0.49 | 0.70 |
Pharmacist dummy-variable 2 (pharmacist B = 1, else = 0) | 0.72 | 0.15 | 0.80 |
Pharmacist dummy-variable 3 (pharmacist C = 1, else = 0) | 0.02 | 0.39 | 0.80 |
Length of educational meeting (minutes) | 0.15 | 0.62 | 0.54 |
Proportion of doctors declining installation of software | 0.70 | 0.13 | 0.77 |
Doctors' attitude toward using software* | 0.83 | 0.62 | 0.67 |
Doctors' attitude toward printing out patient-information* | 0.12 | 0.33 | 0.77 |
Doctors' attitude toward receiving the guidelines* | 0.77 | 0.72 | 0.72 |
Doctors' attitude toward recommendation of cardiovascular risk-assessment* | Not applicable | Not applicable | 0.22 |
Doctors' interest in topic* | 0.55 | 0.92 | 0.16 |
Doctors' attitude toward pharmacist* | 0.70 | 0.96 | 0.47 |
Doctors' attitude toward recommendation of thiazides as first-line antihypertensives* | 0.32 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Self-assessed performance* | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.84 |
Are reminders working as they should?â | 0.59 | 0.87 | 0.22 |
Attitude toward receiving reminders about risk assessmentâ | Not applicable | Not applicable | 0.95 |
Attitude toward receiving reminders about treatment goalsâ | Not applicable | 0.002 | Not applicable |
Baseline rate of thiazide-prescribing | 0.10 | Not applicable | Not applicable |