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Table 2 Mean prescribing dose units of TCAs, lofepramine, SSRIs and MAOIs per AstroPU, and costs per AstroPU, per quarter

From: Is untargeted educational outreach visiting delivered by pharmaceutical advisers effective in primary care? A pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Mean number of items prescribed per ASTROPU by quarter by group

Quarter

99/00 (2nd)

99/00 (3rd)

99/00 (4th)

00/01(1st)

00/01 (2nd)

00/01 (3rd)

Drug

Group

mean

sd

mean

sd

mean

sd

mean

sd

mean

sd

mean

sd

lofepramine

Intervention

0.93

0.86

0.96

0.75

0.93

0.87

0.89

0.77

0.94

0.80

0.93

0.91

 

Control

1.08

0.74

1.06

0.68

1.02

0.74

1.05

0.67

0.99

0.65

0.98

0.68

 

All

1.01

0.80.

1.01

0.71

0.98

0.80

0.97

0.72

0.96

0.72

0.95

0.74

Other TCAs

Intervention

7.33

4.14

7.53

4.16

7.32

4.39

7.16

4.03

7.31

4.23

7.52

4.27

 

Control

7.70

3.21

7.80

3.12

7.39

2.89

7.58

2.69

7.54

2.58

7.79

2.60

 

All

7.52

3.67

7.67

3.64

7.35

3.67

7.38

3.39

7.43

3.46

7.66

3.49

SSRIs

Intervention

6.04

2.32

6.32

2.39

6.44

2.42

6.77

2.41

6.97

2.65

7.36

2.67

 

Control

6.36

1.75

6.65

2.03

6.74

2.03

7.01

2.17

7.38

2.15

7.86

2.17

 

All

6.21

2.04

6.49

2.20

6.59

2.22

6.89

2.28

7.18

2.40

7.62

2.42

MAOIs

Intervention

0.04

0.07

0.05

0.10

0.04

0.06

0.05

0.07

0.05

0.07

0.04

0.07

 

Control

0.06

0.08

0.06

0.08

0.05

0.06

0.05

0.06

0.04

0.05

0.04

0.05

 

All

0.05

0.08

0.06

0.09

0.04

0.06

0.05

0.07

0.04

0.06

0.04

0.06

Mean cost items prescribed per ASTROPU by quarter by group

Quarter

99/00 (2 nd )

99/00 (3 rd )

99/00 (4 th )

00/01(1 st )

00/01 (2 nd )

00/01 (3 rd )

Drug

Group

mean

sd

mean

sd

mean

sd

mean

sd

mean

sd

mean

Sd

lofepramine

Intervention

8.83

6.74

9.21

6.33

9.00

6.98

8.35

6.32

8.45

6.67

8.21

6.48

 

Control

9.72

6.88

9.64

6.26

9.00

6.86

9.04

6.15

8.65

5.76

8.33

5.87

 

All

9.29

6.78

9.43

6.25

9.00

6.87

8.70

6.20

8.56

6.18

8.27

6.13

Other TCAs

Intervention

25.62

15.45

28.76

16.87

28.17

16.37

27.27

15.48

26.47

14.84

26.13

14.40

 

Control

24.85

7.09

27.84

8.54

26.08

8.18

25.68

7.63

24.20

6.77

24.28

6.88

 

All

25.22

11.83

28.29

13.18

27.09

12.78

26.45

12.04

25.30

11.40

25.18

11.14

SSRIs

Intervention

132.60

49.52

132.93

49.09

131.59

45.76

117.65

39.66

109.00

41.21

112.06

42.45

 

Control

141.25

55.29

142.62

55.80

140.78

54.79

122.39

38.04

114.91

33.15

116.52

38.69

 

All

137.04

52.38

137.91

52.50

136.31

50.46

120.09

38.63

112.04

37.14

114.35

40.34

MAOIs

Intervention

0.57

0.97

0.71

1.24

0.55

0.94

0.55

0.88

0.55

0.79

0.51

0.76

 

Control

0.95

1.17

0.99

1.39

0.78

1.04

0.80

1.11

0.71

0.99

0.68

0.88

 

All

0.77

1.09

0.85

1.32

0.67

0.99

0.68

1.01

0.63

0.90

0.60

0.82