From: Patient-specific computer-based decision support in primary healthcare—a randomized trial
Model 1 with 12 months’ follow-up (indiv1_MO12) | Model 2 with 6 months’ follow-up (indiv1_MO6) | Model 3 with 3 months’ follow-up (indiv1_MO3) | ||||
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Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | |
Number of patients | ||||||
3,836 | 3,734 | 5,983 | 5,928 | 6,435 | 6,360 | |
Age (mean, sd) | ||||||
36.7 (27.8) | 36.8 (27.6) | 35.4 (26.0) | 35.6 (25.8) | 35.4 (25.7) | 35.6 (25.6) | |
Gender (%) | ||||||
Female | 1,997 (52.1) | 1,960 (52.5) | 3,068 (51.3) | 3,020 (51.0) | 3,305 (51.4) | 3,254 (51.2) |
Male | 1,839 (47.9) | 1,773 (47.5) | 2,915 (48.7) | 2,907 (49.0) | 3,130 (48.6) | 3,105 (48.8) |
Number of diagnoses at baseline (%) | ||||||
0 | 1,253 (32.7) | 1,220 (32.7) | 2,335 (39.0) | 2,325 (39.2) | 2,576 (40.0) | 2,568 (40.4) |
1 | 913 (23.8) | 862 (23.1) | 1,385 (23.2) | 1,344 (22.7) | 1,467 (22.8) | 1,433 (22.5) |
2–3 | 995 (25.9) | 985 (26.4) | 1,402 (23.4) | 1,392 (23.5) | 1,490 (23.2) | 1,460 (23.0) |
4+ | 675 (17.6) | 667 (17.8) | 861 (14.4) | 867 (14.6) | 902 (14.0) | 899 (14.1) |
Number of diagnoses at the end of follow-up period (%) | ||||||
0 | 458 (11.9) | 460 (12.3) | 1,302 (21.8) | 1,341 (22.6) | 1,643 (25.5) | 1,695 (26.7) |
1 | 729 (19.0) | 713 (19.1) | 1,460 (24.4) | 1,425 (24.0) | 1,669 (25.9) | 1,626 (25.6) |
2–3 | 1,253 (32.7) | 1,229 (32.9) | 1,820 (30.4) | 1,816 (30.6) | 1,866 (29.0) | 1,820 (28.6) |
4+ | 1,396 (36.4) | 1,332 (35.7) | 1,401 (23.4) | 1,346 (22.7) | 1,257 (19.5) | 1,219 (19.2) |
Number of medications at baseline (%) | ||||||
0 | 1,877 (48.9) | 1,809 (48.4) | 3,464 (57.9) | 3,388 (57.2) | 3,797 (59.0) | 3,702 (58.2) |
1–5 | 1,363 (35.5) | 1,322 (35.4) | 1.877 (31.4) | 1,870 (31.5) | 1,977 (30.7) | 1,976 (31.1) |
6–9 | 368 (9.6) | 372 (10.0) | 403 (6.7) | 425 (7.2) | 413 (6.4) | 434 (6.8) |
10+ | 228 (6.0) | 231 (6.2) | 239 (4.0) | 245 (4.1) | 248 (3.9) | 248 (3.9) |
Number of triggered reminders at baseline (mean, sd) | ||||||
0.30 (0.75) | 0.31 (0.76) | 0.23 (0.65) | 0.23 (0.66) | 0.23 (0.65) | 0.23 (0.67) | |
Number of triggered reminders at the end of follow-up period (mean, sd) | ||||||
0.45 (0.95) | 0.45 (0.93) | 0.27 (0.72) | 0.28 (0.73) | 0.24 (0.68) | 0.25 (0.68) | |
Number of participants with no triggered reminder (%) | ||||||
2,733 (71.2) | 2,670 (71.5) | 4,834 (80.8) | 4,781 (80.7) | 5,354 (83.2) | 5,286 (83.1) |