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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of clusters and physicians randomized to the control and intervention groups 1,2,3

From: Does access to a colorectal cancer screening website and/or a nurse-managed telephone help line provided to patients by their family physician increase fecal occult blood test uptake?: results from a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

Control

                    

Cluster No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

-

No. of Family Physicians (male/female)

4 2/2

2 1/1

1 0/1

3 1/2

1 0/1

1 1/0

9 5/4

2 1/1

1 0/1

3 2/1

1 1/0

1 0/1

1 1/0

3 2/1

1 1/0

1 1/0

3 1/2

1 1/0

1 0/1

-

No. of Patients

145

31

23

72

33

16

245

67

22

90

34

36

40

67

28

30

100

27

36

-

Cluster Screening Rate (%)

34

50

79

74

73

69

55

57

61

59

57

50

70

46

71

77

59

82

51

-

Membership in Primary Care Quality Improvement Initiative

Y

N

N

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

-

Electronic Medical Record

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

Y

Y

N

N

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

-

Intervention

                    

Cluster No.

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

No. of Family Physicians (male/female)

2 2/0

1 1/0

1 0/1

1 1/0

1 1/0

3 3/0

5 4/1

1 0/1

3 1/2

3 0/3

1 1/0

1 1/0

2 2/0

2 2/0

1 1/1

2 2/0

1 0/1

6 0/6

1 1/0

3 3/0

No. of Patients

54

10

32

32

20

96

129

5

92

92

30

32

64

61

20

93

29

178

31

99

No. of Patients Utilizing the

                    

Patient Aid

                    

(Website; Telephone)

4

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

2

4

1

2

1

-

-

1

2

3

-

4

Cluster Screening Rate (%)

71

64

66

55

45

62

76

20

64

70

77

79

70

61

80

59

64

63

63

74

Membership in Primary Care Quality Improvement Initiative

N

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Y

N

N

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Electronic Medical Record

Y

Y

N

N

N

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

  1. 1Control treatment group composed of n = 19 clusters, n = 40 family physicians and n = 1,174 patients). Intervention treatment group composed of n = 20 clusters, n = 41 family physicians and n = 1,221 patients.
  2. 2Average FOBT screening rate = 57% (range: 33.8 to 81.5%) compared to 66.6% (range: 20 to 78.8%) for the intervention group (p < 0.0001). Figures 2 and 3 show the screening rates for the control and intervention group clusters and family physicians, respectively.
  3. 3Yes = Y, and No = N.
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