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Table 4 Characteristics of patients who completed the risk assessment questionnaire (n = 351)*

From: A knowledge translation tool improved osteoporosis disease management in primary care: an interrupted time series analysis

Characteristics

Site 1

Site 2

Site 3

Combined Sites

Pvalue†

Between sites

Between women and men

No. (%) of patients†

110 (21)

124 (21)

117 (11)

351 (16)

NA

Women

81 (74)

93 (75)

98 (84)

272 (77)

0.13

NA

Men

29 (26)

31 (25)

19 (16)

79 (23)

Age, mean (SD), y

64 (9.56)

64 (10.40)

64 (10.55)

64 (10.2)

0.88

<0.001

Age range, y

50-87

50-90

50-89

50-90

NA

Time to complete RAQ, mean (SD), min

3.26 (1.05)

3.42 (1.29)

3.60 (1.28)

3.43

0.08

0.37

Range of completion time, mean, min

1.32-7.93

1.37-8.01

1.37-7.38

1.32-8.01

NA

Number of visits, mean (SD)

3.29 (1.95)

2.37 (1.85)

3.25 (3.14)

2.95 (2.4)

0.004

0.88

Range†

0-10

0-9

0-25

0-25

NA

Number (%) of patients who had a BMD test

Over 2 y ago

39 (35)

38 (31)

24 (21)

101 (29)

0.03

<0.001

Less than 2 y ago

38 (35)

30 (24)

35 (30)

103 (29)

0.22

0.005

Never

33 (30)

56 (45)

58 (50)

147 (42)

0.008

<0.001

Number (%) of patients at risk for osteoporosis†

88 (80)

97 (78)

91 (78)

276 (79)

0.91

<0.001

Number (%) of patients already receiving therapy

Osteoporosis medications

8 (7)

13 (10)

11 (9)

32 (9)

0.69

0.02

Any supplement (calcium or vitamin D)

71 (65)

81 (65)

81 (69)

233 (66)

0.72

<0.001

  1. *All data based on Risk Assessment Questionnaire (RAQ) inputs; SD = standard deviation; BMD = bone mineral density; NA = not applicable.
  2. †Based on analysis of variance or chi-square tests.
  3. †Percentage calculated as the number of age-eligible patients who completed the RAQ divided by the number of age-eligible patients with at least 1 physician visit. All percentages in subsequent rows calculated with respect to the number of age-eligible patients who completed the RAQ at the particular site.
  4. †The lower limit of the range is 0 because s ome patients completed the RAQ during a `non-visit’ (i.e., visited the practice but did not see a physician or nurse).
  5. †At-risk for osteoporosis is defined as 1 major or 2 minor risk factors according to clinical practice guidelines [30].