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Table 2 Reasons for finding feedback very useful or indispensable and preferred type of feedback stratified by GPs’ age category and gender

From: General practitioners’ views and preferences about quality improvement feedback in preventive care: a cross-sectional study in Switzerland and France

Characteristicsa

Age <55 (N = 250)

Age ≥55 (N = 266)

p value

Male (N = 318)

Female (N = 191)

p value

Total (N = 518)

Reason for finding feedback very useful or indispensable (%)

 Know GPs’ overall performance

49.6

51.9

0.667

53.8

46.1

0.019

50.6

 Comparison with my colleagues

45.2

39.1

0.189

38.4

48.2

0.038

42.1

 Modify or improve my practice

58.8

39.5

<0.001

41.8

61.8

<0.001

48.6

 Use regular feedback interventions to follow-up what is done in my practice

26.0

27.8

0.714

27.4

25.1

0.654

27.0

Preferred type of feedback (%)

 Brief report

51.6

56.8

0.276

59.7

47.1

0.007

54.4

 Brief report and individual results

16.0

14.7

0.764

13.8

17.8

0.282

15.3

 Detailed results regarding my practice compared with the study results

17.2

16.5

0.935

15.4

18.3

0.462

16.8

 Report and specific information regarding prevention best practice

49.6

27.1

<0.001

32.7

47.1

0.002

37.8

 Contact with the study investigators to discuss the results

0.8

1.5

0.738

1.6

0.5

0.524

1.2

 Local quality circle meeting to discuss the results

8.8

6.8

0.485

6.6

9.9

0.235

7.7

  1. aNumbers do not add to 518 because of missing data