Time 0 | 3 months | 6 months | |||||||||||||
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Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | ||||||||||
N | Mean | N | Mean | p value* | N | Mean | N | Mean | p value* | N | Mean | N | Mean | p value* | |
Assessments were made at time 0 and 3 and 6 months after the introduction of the shared care programme. Subgroup analyses were performed for sex and age differences. | |||||||||||||||
N=number of patients who answered all index/item questions. Questions with missing values were excluded, so the numbers given here are lower than the numbers from the responders (fig 1). | |||||||||||||||
Mean values range from 0 to 100. Questionnaire scores were linearly transformed to a range from 0 to 100. A high score represents a more positive attitude towards the subjects. | |||||||||||||||
*The Mann-Whitney U test was applied to detect statistical differences between the control and intervention groups. Statistical level of significance 0.05. Asymptote significance (two tailed). | |||||||||||||||
†The index consists of four questions concerning information from GPs.11 | |||||||||||||||
‡The index consists of five question concerning care from the GP. | |||||||||||||||
§The index consists of three questions concerning the GP’s knowledge of disease and treatment. | |||||||||||||||
¶The item consists of one question concerning the global assessment of the GP. | |||||||||||||||
Information from the GP (all patients)† | 63 | 67.66 | 55 | 78.18 | 0.051 | 39 | 67.63 | 44 | 75.57 | 0.460 | 38 | 68.59 | 43 | 74.27 | 0.377 |
Care from the GP‡ | 68 | 74.34 | 66 | 83.64 | 0.032 | 42 | 76.79 | 50 | 83.50 | 0.144 | 36 | 77.50 | 45 | 79.22 | 0.542 |
GP’s knowledge§ | 47 | 65.78 | 50 | 68.83 | 0.942 | 40 | 66.04 | 38 | 69.52 | 0.630 | 27 | 66.67 | 32 | 64.84 | 0.588 |
Global assessment of the GP¶ | 72 | 58.68 | 69 | 71.01 | 0.036 | 46 | 62.50 | 51 | 75.98 | 0.060 | 41 | 64.02 | 45 | 68.89 | 0.438 |
Information from the GP† | |||||||||||||||
Women | 39 | 70.51 | 36 | 78.47 | 0.761 | 31 | 70.36 | 23 | 79.89 | 0.279 | 31 | 71.77 | 28 | 74.78 | 0.933 |
Men | 24 | 63.02 | 19 | 77.63 | 0.007 | 8 | 57.03 | 21 | 70.83 | 0.374 | 7 | 54.46 | 15 | 73.33 | 0.028 |
Care from the GP‡ | |||||||||||||||
Women | 41 | 78.05 | 42 | 84.05 | 0.915 | 34 | 78.97 | 28 | 86.61 | 0.194 | 28 | 81.07 | 29 | 79.66 | 0.539 |
Men | 27 | 68.70 | 24 | 82.92 | 0.003 | 8 | 67.50 | 22 | 79.55 | 0.069 | 8 | 65.00 | 16 | 78.44 | 0.036 |
GP’s knowledge§ | |||||||||||||||
Women | 32 | 70.31 | 31 | 67.74 | 0.370 | 34 | 68.63 | 24 | 69.44 | 0.987 | 22 | 70.83 | 23 | 63.77 | 0.204 |
Men | 15 | 56.11 | 19 | 70.61 | 0.218 | 6 | 51.39 | 14 | 69.64 | 0.123 | 5 | 48.33 | 9 | 67.59 | 0.135 |
Global assessment of the GP¶ | |||||||||||||||
Women | 44 | 61.93 | 44 | 68.75 | 0.492 | 38 | 63.16 | 29 | 78.45 | 0.058 | 33 | 68.94 | 28 | 72.32 | 0.952 |
Men | 28 | 53.57 | 25 | 75.00 | 0.010 | 8 | 59.37 | 22 | 72.73 | 0.318 | 8 | 43.75 | 17 | 63.24 | 0.127 |
Information from the GP† | |||||||||||||||
18–49 | 16 | 69.92 | 24 | 76.56 | 0.343 | 11 | 61.36 | 19 | 70.72 | 0.663 | 11 | 68.89 | 18 | 68.40 | 0.910 |
50–85 | 47 | 66.89 | 31 | 79.44 | 0.062 | 28 | 70.09 | 25 | 79.25 | 0.371 | 27 | 68.06 | 25 | 78.50 | 0.166 |
Care from the GP‡ | |||||||||||||||
18–49 | 17 | 70.59 | 28 | 81.61 | 0.028 | 11 | 68.64 | 20 | 80.25 | 0.071 | 12 | 80.42 | 18 | 77.22 | 0.966 |
50–85 | 51 | 75.59 | 38 | 85.13 | 0.158 | 31 | 79.68 | 30 | 85.67 | 0.513 | 24 | 76.04 | 27 | 80.56 | 0.448 |
GP’s knowledge§ | |||||||||||||||
18–49 | 9 | 54.63 | 21 | 60.71 | 0.872 | 11 | 43.94 | 14 | 66.67 | 0.029 | 6 | 58.33 | 10 | 64.17 | 0.780 |
50–85 | 38 | 68.42 | 29 | 74.71 | 0.576 | 29 | 74.43 | 24 | 71.18 | 0.638 | 21 | 69.05 | 22 | 65.15 | 0.666 |
Global assessment of the GP¶ | |||||||||||||||
18–49 | 17 | 52.94 | 31 | 68.55 | 0.094 | 13 | 57.69 | 21 | 70.24 | 0.246 | 12 | 60.42 | 18 | 56.94 | 0.879 |
50–85 | 55 | 60.45 | 38 | 73.03 | 0.119 | 33 | 64.39 | 30 | 80.00 | 0.104 | 29 | 65.52 | 27 | 76.85 | 0.169 |