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Table 7 Self-reported receipt of health services (previous 3 months) for patients reporting GP visits

From: An Australian general practice based strategy to improve chronic disease prevention, and its impact on patient reported outcomes: evaluation of the preventive evidence into practice cluster randomised controlled trial

 

Intervention N (%; 95% CI)

Control N (%; 95% CI)

Patients reporting GP visitsa

Baseline (255)

Follow up (212)

Baseline (292)

Follow up (231)

Preventive health check by GP

164 (64.4%; 58.4–70.2)

126 (59.4%; 52.8–66.0)

185 (63.4%; 57.8–68.9)

142 (61.5%; 55.2–67.7)

Any check by GP (BP/cholesterol/sugar/weight)

205 (80.4%; 75.5–85.3)

173 (81.6%; 76.4–86.8)

252 (86.3%; 82.4–90.2)

197 (85.3%; 80.7–89.9)

Blood pressure check by GP

255 (74.2%; 68.7–79.5)

156 (73.6%; 67.7–79.5)

237 (81.2%; 76.7–85.6)

185 (80.1%; 74.9–85.2)

Blood cholesterol check by GP

112 (43.9%; 37.8–50.0)

99 (46.7%; 40.0–53.4)

127 (43.5%; 37.8–49.2)

115 (49.8%; 43.3–56.2)

Blood sugar check by GP

52 (20.4%; 15.4–25.3)

81 (38.2%; 31.7–44.7)

79 (27.1%; 22.0–32.2)

85 (36.8%; 30.6–43.0)

Weight check by GP

52 (20.4%; 15.4–25.3)

55 (25.9%; 22.0–31.8)

79 (27.1%; 22.0–32.2)

58 (25.2%; 19.5–30.7)

  1. aIncludes only those patients who reported seeing their GP in Table 6