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Table 4 Percentage of scheduled services delivered to clients in 16–49 age care plan group

From: Preventive medical care in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory: a follow-up study of the impact of clinical guidelines, computerised recall and reminder systems, and audit and feedback

Services*

Baseline

6 months

1 year

2 years

3 years

OR§ (95%CI)

P value for trend

Basic measures

       

   Weight

68% (88)

75% (87)

80% (85)

70% (91)

56% (109)

0.80 (0.66–0.97)

0.020

   Blood pressure

80% (88)

83% (87)

84% (85)

81% (91)

74% (109)

0.87 (0.70–1.08)

0.216

   Waist circumference

38% (88)

32% (87)

45% (85)

50% (90)

38% (109)

1.12 (0.93–1.34)

0.225

   BMI

33% (88)

34% (87)

41% (85)

47% (90)

31% (109)

1.05 (0.87–1.26)

0.612

   Blood sugar (random)

56% (88)

53% (87)

64% (85)

60% (91)

43% (109)

0.89 (0.75–1.06)

0.188

   Urinalysis

59% (88)

57% (87)

64% (85)

59% (91)

47% (109)

0.84 (0.71–1.01)

0.058

Clinical examination

       

   Pap smear

66% (47)

52% (46)

60% (45)

68% (50)

75% (57)

1.29 (0.99–1.67)

0.055

   Clinical breast examination

21% (48)

34% (47)

23% (47)

37% (51)

25% (57)

1.05 (0.81–1.35)

0.722

Vaccination

       

   Pneumococcal vaccine

n/a

n/a

n/a

48% (89)

65% (107)

n/a

n/a

Counselling

       

   Family history

19% (88)

17% (87)

33% (85)

15% (91)

4% (108)

0.64 (0.49–0.83)

0.001

   Alcohol

23% (88)

31% (87)

53% (85)

38% (91)

21% (109)

0.94 (0.78–1.14)

0.543

   Smoking

22% (88)

36% (87)

53% (85)

42% (91)

23% (109)

0.98 (0.82–1.18)

0.823

   Exercise

13% (88)

21% (87)

36% (85)

31% (91)

18% (109)

1.05 (0.79–1.39)

0.748

  1. * Denominators in brackets are the number of most recent scheduled services (within the preceding 12 months of each audit) according to guidelines, which varied at each audit depending on the age of the client and the scheduled frequency of the service. §Odds ratio (OR) represents the average changing of probability for the delivery of each service with the increase of one unit of time (1 year), adjusted for the recent attendance at health centres using two-level logistic random-effects model.