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Table 4 Response rates

From: Is the involvement of opinion leaders in the implementation of research findings a feasible strategy?

 

Total mailed

Total returned (% total mailed)

Attempted generic sociometric instrument (% respondents)

Attempted condition-specific sociometric instrument (% respondents)

PC1

    

General practitioners

211

86 (40.6%)

40 (46.5%)

37 (43.0%)

Practice nurses

66

37 (56.1%)

16 (43.2%)

16 (43.2%)

Practice managers

62

32 (51.6%)

21 (65.6%)

N/A

Total

339

155 (45.7%)

77 (49.7%)

53 (43.1%)

PC2

    

General practitioners

356

230 (64.6%)

130 (56.5%)

111 (48.3%)

Practice nurses

202

151 (74.6%)

98 (64.9%)

85 (56.3%)

Practice managers

80

58 (72.5%)

35 (60.3%)

N/A

Total

638

439 (68.8%)

263 (59.9%)

196 (51.4%)

DH1

    

Surgeons

41

21 (51.2%)

14 (66.7%)

8 (38.1%)

Physicians

33

22 (66.7%)

19 (86.4%)

16 (72.7%)

Surgical nurses

41

9 (22.0%)

6 (66.7%)

6 (66.1%)

Medical nurses

78

30 (38.5%)

21 (70.0%)

18 (60.0%)

Total

193

82 (42.5%)

60 (73.2%)

48 (58.5%)

DH2

    

Surgeons

11

7 (63.6%)

6 (85.7%)

3 (42.9%)

Physicians

10

4 (40.0%)

4 (100.0%)

4 (100.0%)

Surgical nurses

53

34 (64.2%)

32 (94.1%)

28 (82.4%)

Medical nurses

46

25 (54.3%)

13 (52.0%)

14 (56.0%)

Total

120

70 (58.2%)

55 (78.6%)

49 (70.0%)

TH

    

Surgeons

35

18 (51.4%)

11 (61.1%)

8 (44.4%)

Physicians

119

51 (42.9%)

31 (60.8%)

23 (45.1%)

Surgical nurses

89

37 (41.6%)

13 (35.1%)

14 (40.0%)

Medical nurses

58

39 (67.2%)

32 (82.1%)

28 (71.8%)

Total

301

145 (48.2%)

87 (60.0%)

73 (50.3%)

National specialty groups

    

Obstetricians and gynaecologists

151

108 (71.5%)

78 (72.2%)

81 (75.0%)

Oncologists

45

35 (77.7%)

29 (82.6%)

28 (80.0%)

Total

195

143 (73.3%)

107 (74.8%)

109 (76.2%)