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Table 1 Participant Information

From: A qualitative analysis of the barriers and enablers faced by Australian rural general practitioners in the non-pharmacological management of congestive heart failure in community dwelling patients

GP number

GP or GP trainee

Years of practice

General demographic profile of all patients seen

CHF patient loada

Profile of CHF patients

1

GP

Newly registered

∙ Low socioeconomic status (SES)

∙ Retirees

∙ Young families

Medium

–

2

GP

4

∙ Farming families

∙ Retirees

∙ Young families

High

∙ Elderly (> 65 years old)

∙ Male

∙ Farmers

3

GP

20

∙ Young families

∙ Elderly (> 65 years old)

∙ Indigenous

Medium

∙ Multi-morbidity

4

GP

6

∙ Indigenous

Medium

–

5

Trainee

0.5

∙ Women

∙ Children

∙ Elderly

Low

∙ Elderly (> 65 years old)

∙ Young

∙ Pre-existing cardiac conditions

6

GP

45

∙ Indigenous

∙ Young families

Medium

∙ Elderly (> 65 years old)

7

GP

30

∙ Indigenous

Medium

∙ Patients with risk factors for cardiac disease (smoking, obese, sedentary)

8

GP

13

∙ Lower SES

∙ Indigenous

∙ Substance use disorders

Low

∙ Low SES

∙ Indigenous

∙ Substance use disorders

∙ Young

∙ Pre-existing cardiac conditions

9

Trainee

1

∙ Indigenous

Low

∙ Indigenous

10

GP

20

∙ Indigenous

High

∙ Indigenous

∙ Multi-morbidity

∙ Low SES

11

GP

30

∙ Young

∙ Elderly

Medium

–

12

GP

14

∙ Indigenous

∙ Tourists

∙ High SES

Medium

∙ Elderly (> 65 years old)

13

GP

6

∙ Varied

N/A

∙ Elderly (> 65 years old)

14

GP

9

∙ Tourists

∙ High SES

Medium

∙ Elderly (> 65 years old)

15

GP

15

∙ Young

High

∙ Elderly (> 65 years old)

∙ Pre-existing cardiac conditions

  1. aHigh: managing ≥5 CHF patients total, ≥1 seen daily; Medium: managing ≥5 CHF patients total, < 1 seen daily; Low: managing < 5 CHF patients total