Table 1 Characteristics of sample and questionnaire response rates from healthcare professionals for the two behaviours.
Overall | Response rates (n (%)) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Numbers | Statin prescription | Foot examination | |||||||
UK | Dutch | Total | UK | Dutch | Total | UK | Dutch | Total | |
Number of HCPs | |||||||||
primary care doctors | 161 | 59 | 220 | 59 (37) | 46 (78) | 105 (48) | 59 (37) | 46 (78) | 105 (48) |
Nurses | 119 | 22* | 141 | 53 (45) | 19 (86) | 72 (51) | |||
Practices | |||||||||
Overall | 58 | 40 | 98 | 34 (57) | 35 (88) | 69 (70) | 46 (79) | 37 (93) | 83 (85) |
Single primary care doctor | 15 | 15 | 30 | 7 (21) | 11 (31) | 18 (26) | 10 (22) | 13 (35) | 23 (28) |
>1 primary care doctor | 43 | 25 | 68 | 27 (79) | 24 (69) | 51 (74) | 36 (78) | 24 (65) | 60 (72) |
Number (Median (range))/practice | |||||||||
primary care doctors | 2 (1–9) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–9) | 3 (1–9) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–9) | 3 (1–9) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–6) |
Nurses | 2 (1–6) | 2 (1–5) | 2 (1–6) | 1 (1–6) | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–6) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–5) | 1 (0–6) |