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Table 2 Practice (n=140) and patient characteristics (n=2152)

From: Identifying factors associated with experiences of coronary heart disease patients receiving structured chronic care and counselling in European primary care

 

included (n=1745)

not included (n=407)

P 1

Patient level

     

Age (years): mean (SD)

67.8

(9.9)

69.5

(9.4)

0.002

Gender

    

0.807

 Female % (n)

31.6

552

3.9

116

 

 Male % (n)

68.4

1193

69.1

260

 

Education 2

    

0.489

 <= 9 years % (n)

31.3

(547)

33.2

(116)

 

 > 9 years % (n)

68.7

(1198)

66.8

(233)

 

Frequency of practice attendance 3

    

0.028

 <= 3 times / year % (n)

34.2

(596)

41.5

(149)

 

 4-7 times/ year % (n)

38.7

(675)

33.7

(121)

 

 > 7 times / year % (n)

22.5

(474)

24.8

(89)

 

Duration of being patient in practice 4

    

0.415

 up to 2 years % (n)

3.7

(64)

3.8

(14)

 

 3-7 years % (n)

12.7

(221)

1.2

(38)

 

 > 7 years % (n)

83.7

(1460)

86.1

(321)

 

Already been asked for quality assessment 5

    

0.099

 No % (n)

75.5

(1317)

78.7

(266)

 

 Don’t know % (n)

9.8

(171)

1.9

(37)

 

 Yes % (n)

14.7

(257)

1.4

(35)

 

Number of conditions (range: 0–11) 6 ; mean (SD)

3.3

(1.7)

3.0

(1.8)

0.000

Practice level

     

N (n per practice; range)

131

(13; 6–37)

9

(10; 4–25)

 

FTE 7 GP: mean (SD)

1.83

(1.57)

1.95

(1.69)

0.233

Quality management (range: 0–15) 8 mean (SD)

9.84

(3.82)

9.42

(3.99)

0.063

CVD care (range: 0–17) 8 mean (SD)

8.54

(4.71)

8.84

(4.38)

0.228

  1. 1 p values are based on χ2 tests for categorical variables and on t tests for continuous variables.
  2. 2 Questionnaire: How many years did you stay at school? < 9 years; 10 – 13 years; > 13 years.
  3. 3 Questionnaire: How often do you usually attend your GP within 12 months? 0–1 times; 2–3 times; 4–5 times; 6–7 times; 8–9 times; more than 10 times.
  4. 4 Questionnaire: How long have you been a patient with your practice? Less than 1 year; 1–2 years; 3–7 years; 8–12 years; more than 13 years.
  5. 5 Questionnaire: Have you ever been asked about the quality of care you receive from your practice (e.g. by questionnaire)? Yes, no, don’t know.
  6. 6 Questionnaire: Do you have any one or more of the following diseases or conditions? High blood pressure, Hypercholesterinaemia (high cholesterol), Diabetes, Angina, Heart attack (myocardial infarction), Coronary surgery / PCTA (Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty), Heart failure, Transient ischaemic attack (TIA), Stroke, Peripheral artery disease (PAD), Depression – yes, no, don’t know; Yes answers - theoretical range: 0–11; observed range:0–10.
  7. 7 FTE= Full time equivalent GP.
  8. 8 Theoretical and observed range (Table 1).
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