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Table 1 Characteristics of the participating GPs

From: Educational outreach visits to improve knee osteoarthritis management in primary care

Variable

Statistic

Intervention

Control ¥

Total

P-value

N

73

103

176

Age (yrs)

 

Mean

44.4

41.0

42.4

0.131

Std

14.35

12.57

13.40

 

Gender

 Female

n/N (%)

28/73 (38.36%)

58/103 (56.31%)

86/176 (48.86%)

0.019

 Male

n/N (%)

45/73 (61.64%)

45/103 (43.69%)

90/176 (51.14%)

 

Practice type

 Solo practice

n/N (%)

30/73 (41.10%)

19/103 (18.45%)

49/176 (27.84%)

0.002

 Duo practice

n/N (%)

16/73 (21.92%)

22/103 (21.36%)

38/176 (21.59%)

 

 Group practice

n/N (%)

27/73 (36.99%)

62/103 (60.19%)

89/176 (50.57%)

Years of experience

 

Mean

18.2

14.4

16.0

0.107

Std

14.23

12.25

13.20

 

Questionnaire received

 By letter

n/N (%)

11/73 (15.07%)

25/103 (24.27%)

36/176 (20.45%)

0.136

 By mail

n/N (%)

62/73 (84.93%)

78/103 (75.73%)

140/176 (79.55%)

 
  1. Variables presented with percentages are analysed using a Chi-square test
  2. Variables summarized by means, medians, Std, IQR and Range are analysed using a Mann-Whitney U test
  3. All reported p-values are two-sided
  4. ¥ Case number 45 in the control group was excluded from this analysis because data on patient characteristics were missing