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Table 5 Community linkages

From: Questionnaire of chronic illness care in primary care-psychometric properties and test-retest reliability

Satisfaction with the exchange of information with:*

T0 (n = 109)

mean (SD)

Tx1 (n = 85)

mean (SD)

Tx2 (n = 85)

mean (SD)

Wilcoxon matched pair test, p-valuea

Test-retest reliability: Spearman rho

     

r

p-valueb

Other GP practices

2.35 (0.94)

2.39 (0.98)

2.20 (0.95)

0.04

0.62

< 0.01

Specialist practices

2.31 (0.77)

2.35 (0.84)

2.33 (0.72)

0.75

0.62

< 0.01

Psychotherapists

3.13 (0.95)

3.02 (0.98)

3.09 (1.03)

0.67

0.60

< 0.01

Physiotherapists/occupational therapists

2.95 (0.83)

2.59 (0.82)

2.67 (0.89)

0.32

0.52

< 0.01

Nursing homes

2.46 (0.86)

2.50 (0.89)

2.60 (0.95)

0.31

0.55

< 0.01

Medical supply stores

2.80 (0.87)

2.77 (0.85)

2.83 (0.89)

0.47

0.62

< 0.01

Pharmacies

2.14 (0.95)

2.09 (0.92)

2.13 (0.97)

0.75

0.59

< 0.01

Hospitals

2.50 (0.85)

2.50 (0.81)

2.57 (0.77)

0.35

0.58

< 0.01

Rehabilitation facilities

2.57 (0.86)

2.56 (0.83)

2.55 (0.83)

0.87

0.50

< 0.01

  1. * Five-point scale ranging from 1 "very satisfied" to 5 "very unsatisfied"
  2. a Statistical significance of differences: P ≤ 0.05; b Statistical significance of differences: P ≤ 0.01
  3. Tx1, Tx2, measurement points for the re-test