General practitioners' evaluation of community psychiatric services: responsiveness to change of the General Practitioner Experiences Questionnaire (GPEQ)

Table 1 Scale scores for the two GP groups and nationally in 2006 and 2008

	Hamar centre, GPs in Stange municipality^a		Hamar centre, GPS in other municipalities^a		Nationally^a
	2006 (n = 11)	2008 (n = 13)	2006(n = 64)	2008(n = 53)	2006(n = 2,415)	2008(n = 2,209)
Scale scores:^b
Emergency situations	43.2	47.1	44.5	29.8**	52.2	50.8*
Workforce situation	39.2	49.0	51.1	39.1***	44.9	44.6
Discharge letter	64.4	57.7	57.3	55.3	52.2	53.4*
Competence	56.6	64.6	53.8	51.4	55.1	55.6
Guidance	26.5	58.3***	22.8	21.1	31.1	33.8***

^aTested differences between 2006 and 2008 for each group separately, independent samples t-tests. ***p < 0.001. **p < 0.01. *p < 0.05.
^bScore 0-100 where 100 represent best possible experiences

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