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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of family physicians randomized to the control and intervention groups

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 group (n = 39)

Intervention group (n = 40)

 

Male (n = 21)

Female (n = 18)

Male (n = 26)

Female (n = 14)

Number of family physicians involved in primary care quality improvement initiative(s) (%) 1

    

Yes

17 (81.0)

13 (72.2)

8 (30.8)

8 (57.1)

No

4 (19.0)

5 (19.0)

18 (27.8)

6 (69.2)

Number of family physicians in group practice (%) 2

19 (27.1)

17 (21.5)

25 (31.7)

14 (17.7)

Number of family physicians with an on-site laboratory (%) 3

18 (22.8)

18 (22.8)

25 (31.7)

14 (17.7)

Number of family physicians using electronic medical records (%) 4

14 (17.7)

11 (13.9)

18 (22.8)

7 (8.9)

  1. 1Percentage of male and female family physicians in each treatment group involved in a primary care quality improvement initiatives (PIN, UPCON, or PIN + UPCON). 77% of family physicians in the control group were involved in a primary care quality improvement initiative, compared to 40% of family physicians in the intervention group. Table 4 outlines the number of patient in each treatment group according to the primary care quality improvement initiatives.
  2. 2Four (5.1%) of the collaborating physicians were in solo practice; two males in the control group and one male in the intervention group.
  3. 3Four (5.1%) of physicians did not have an on-site laboratory; three males in the control group and one male in the intervention group.
  4. 450 of 79 family physicians (63.3%) were using electronic medical records.