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Table 3 Characteristics of the target population

From: Educational outreach visits to improve venous thromboembolism prevention in hospitalised medical patients: a prospective before-and-after intervention study

Characteristics

Received the intervention (nā€‰=ā€‰19)

Declined or unavailable (nā€‰=ā€‰7)

P value

Age

Median (IQ range)

54 (42ā€“65)

N/A

Ā 

Years post registration

30 (18ā€“41)

26 (23ā€“33)

0.93*

Sex

Number (%)

Ā 

0.18^

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Male

15 (79)

7 (100)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Female

4 (21)

0 (0)

Ā 

Specialty

Ā Ā 

0.32^

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Cardiology

8 (42)

3 (43)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Neurology

4 (21)

1 (14)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Nephrology

1 (5.3)

0 (0)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Medical oncology

1 (5.3)

0 (0)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Immunology/ rheumatology

2 (10)

0 (0)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Thoracic medicine

2 (10)

0 (0)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Gastroenterology

1 (5.3)

3 (43)

Ā 
  1. Percentages may not add up to 100 due to missing data. IQ Interquartile range; N/A not available; *Mannā€“Whitney U test; ^Chi-square.