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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of insurance physicians in control group (CG) and intervention group (IG)

From: An implementation strategy to improve the guideline adherence of insurance physicians: an experiment in a controlled setting

Baseline characteristics

CG (n = 19)

IG (n = 21)

 

Mean (sd) or percentage

Age in years

50.5 (6.7)

51.1 (6.2)

Male

47%

52%

Weekly working hours

31.8 (9.9)

31.1 (9.2)

Years working as physician

21.7 (6.4)

23.5 (5.1)

Registered as insurance physician

84%

86%

Years working as insurance physician

15.4 (8.1)

15.6 (7.9)

Intensity of kind of professional activities

4.1 (0.8)

3.9 (0.8)

Number of clients with depression assessed per month*

9.3 (5.6)

5.3 (3.7)

Assessment time for depressed clients (minutes)

136.3 (62.3)

153.7 (48.4)

Assessments under the new disability act

68%

52%

Employee of the Institute

79%

81%

Attitude to guidelines in general (Scale 9 to 45)

30.8 (5.4)

31.7 (6.8)

Attitude to the GD (Scale 9 to 45)

31.8 (4.1)

33.9 (6.2)

Intention to use the GD (Scale 10 to 50)

34.5 (5.5)

35.0 (6.0)

Use (self-reported) of the GD (Scale 1 to 5)

3.1 (1.2)

3.0 (1.1)

  1. * Significant difference between both groups, possible confounder
  2. GD = Guidelines for Depression
  3. Institute = the Dutch Institute for Employee Benefits Schemes