Impact of primary healthcare providers’ initial role security and therapeutic commitment on implementing brief interventions in managing risky alcohol consumption: a cluster randomised factorial trial

Table 1 Characteristics of participating providers

Characteristic	All participants (n = 746)^d
N (%) of women	559 (74.9)
Mean (SD) age in years	47.0 (9.4)
Occupation (%)
-GP	54.7
-Nurse	37.8
-Practice assistant	5.1
-Other	2.3
Type of PHCU^a (%)
-Solo	26 PHCUs (21.7)
-Solo	72 providers (9.7)
-Duo	13 PHCUs (10.8)
-Duo	67 providers (9.0)
-Group	23 PHCUs (19.2)
-Group	-132 providers (17.7)
-Health clinic	-58 PHCUs (48.3)
-Health clinic	-475 providers (63.7)
Baseline mean role security^b (SD)	21.0 (3.5)
Baseline mean therapeutic commitment^c (SD)	27.2 (4.7)

^a PHCU primary healthcare unit. In Poland, providers normally operate as single-handed entities working with other providers in one building, three providers and their staff working in one building was regarded as one PHCU
^bScore at minimum 4; at maximum 28
^cScore at minimum 6; at maximum 42
^dNo differences in baseline measures. The analyses to check for differences in baseline measures between allocation groups took into account the nested nature of the data

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