Table 1 |
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Baseline characteristics of control and intervention practices and patients. |
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| Control group (n 28) |
Intervention group (n 30) |
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| Practice factors at baseline |
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| Number of partners: |
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| Single-handed |
9 |
10 |
| 2 to 4 partners |
15 |
16 |
| 5 to 7 partners |
4 |
2 |
| >7 partners |
0 |
2 |
| Number of practices with a Practice nurse |
28 |
30 |
| Patient factors at baseline* |
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| Number |
1934 |
1674 |
| Mean (sd) age (years) |
66.6 (11.3) |
65.7 (11.8) |
| No (%) men |
1001 (52%) |
901 (54%) |
| No (%) on diet only |
947 (49.1%) |
980 (59.0%) |
| No (%) on oral hypoglycaemics (sulphonylureas, biguanides, thiazols) but not on insulin |
923 (47.9%) |
628 (37.8%) |
| No (%) on insulin |
57 (3.0%) |
54 (3.2%) |
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* Data from Diabetes Register. (No data were available from the diabetes register on ethnicity, however, the proportion of people from ethnic minority groups in the study PCTs is very low.21) | ||
Eccles et al. Implementation Science 2007 2:6 doi:10.1186/1748-5908-2-6 |
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