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Table 1 Baseline data (January to April 2010): GP and practice characteristics and distribution of point-of-care tests in the two RCT groups

From: The effectiveness of computer reminders for improving quality assessment for point-of-care testing in general practice—a randomized controlled trial

 

Total

Early ComRem

Late ComRem

GP characteristicsb

(n = 341)

(n = 170)

(n = 171)

Gender, n (%)

   

Male

171 (50.2)

79 (46.5)

92 (53.8)

Female

170 (49.8)

91 (53.5)

79 (46.2)

Age, mean (SD)

56.3 (8.2)

55.8 (8.2)

56.8 (8.2)

Years as GP, mean (SD)

14.8 (9.6)

14.8 (9.4)

14.9 (9.8)

Practice characteristics

(n = 286)

(n = 142)

(n = 144)

Practice organization, n (%)

   

Single handed

239 (83.6)

119 (83.8)

120 (83.3)

Group

47 (16.4)

23 (16.2)

24 (16.7)

Number of patients per doctor, mean (SD)

1,599 (404)

1,584 (395)

1,614 (413)

Performed point-of-care tests

   

No. of Hemoglobin tests per practice, mean (SD)

39.8 (54.7)

41.5 (59.6)

38.0 (49.4)

No. of Glucose tests per practice, mean (SD)

47.2 (52.4)

52.1 (57.5)

42.3 (46.5)

Primary outcome

   

No. of split tests (out of 8) per practice, mean (SD)

1.11 (1.37)

1.19 (1.44)

1.03 (1.29)

Secondary outcomes

   

No. of practices with >0% of recommended split tests performed, n (%)

146 (51.1)

73 (51.4)

73 (50.7)

No. of practices with ≥75% of recommended split tests performed, n (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  1. aP-value from a chi-squared test (categorical variables) or t-test (continuous variables).
  2. bThe tests on GP characteristics account for the clustering of GPs in practices.