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Table 9 Patient self-reported frequency of referral received from their GP

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)

Type of advice/referral

Baseline

Follow up

Baseline

Follow up

Healthy eating referral

9 (3.8%; 1.4–6.3)

5 (2.6%; 0.4–4.9)

12 (4.5%; 2.0–7.0)

10 (4.8%; 1.9–7.8)

Physical activity referral

8 (3.3%; 1.0–5.5)

8 (5.1%; 1.7–8.6)

13 (4.6%; 2.2–7.1)

8 (4.6%; 1.5–7.7)

Weight referral

8 (5.1%; 1.7–8.6)

7 (5.5%; 1.5–9.4)

12 (6.7%; 3.1–10.4)

9 (6.8%; 2.5–11.0)

Smoking referral

0

0

2 (8.3%; 0–19.4)

0

Alcohol referral

1 (6.3%; 0–18.1)

1 (1.8%; 0–5.3)

4 (28.65; 4.9–52.2)

1 (2.3%; 0–6.7)

  1. For Tables 8 and 9 patients were those presenting to the GP in the previous 3 months with risk factor present