Table 4.
Response rates
| Total mailed | Total returned (% total mailed) | Attempted generic sociometric instrument (% respondents) | Attempted condition-specific sociometric instrument (% respondents) | |
| PC1 | ||||
| General practitioners | 211 | 86 (40.6%) | 40 (46.5%) | 37 (43.0%) |
| Practice nurses | 66 | 37 (56.1%) | 16 (43.2%) | 16 (43.2%) |
| Practice managers | 62 | 32 (51.6%) | 21 (65.6%) | N/A |
| Total | 339 | 155 (45.7%) | 77 (49.7%) | 53 (43.1%) |
| PC2 | ||||
| General practitioners | 356 | 230 (64.6%) | 130 (56.5%) | 111 (48.3%) |
| Practice nurses | 202 | 151 (74.6%) | 98 (64.9%) | 85 (56.3%) |
| Practice managers | 80 | 58 (72.5%) | 35 (60.3%) | N/A |
| Total | 638 | 439 (68.8%) | 263 (59.9%) | 196 (51.4%) |
| DH1 | ||||
| Surgeons | 41 | 21 (51.2%) | 14 (66.7%) | 8 (38.1%) |
| Physicians | 33 | 22 (66.7%) | 19 (86.4%) | 16 (72.7%) |
| Surgical nurses | 41 | 9 (22.0%) | 6 (66.7%) | 6 (66.1%) |
| Medical nurses | 78 | 30 (38.5%) | 21 (70.0%) | 18 (60.0%) |
| Total | 193 | 82 (42.5%) | 60 (73.2%) | 48 (58.5%) |
| DH2 | ||||
| Surgeons | 11 | 7 (63.6%) | 6 (85.7%) | 3 (42.9%) |
| Physicians | 10 | 4 (40.0%) | 4 (100.0%) | 4 (100.0%) |
| Surgical nurses | 53 | 34 (64.2%) | 32 (94.1%) | 28 (82.4%) |
| Medical nurses | 46 | 25 (54.3%) | 13 (52.0%) | 14 (56.0%) |
| Total | 120 | 70 (58.2%) | 55 (78.6%) | 49 (70.0%) |
| TH | ||||
| Surgeons | 35 | 18 (51.4%) | 11 (61.1%) | 8 (44.4%) |
| Physicians | 119 | 51 (42.9%) | 31 (60.8%) | 23 (45.1%) |
| Surgical nurses | 89 | 37 (41.6%) | 13 (35.1%) | 14 (40.0%) |
| Medical nurses | 58 | 39 (67.2%) | 32 (82.1%) | 28 (71.8%) |
| Total | 301 | 145 (48.2%) | 87 (60.0%) | 73 (50.3%) |
| National specialty groups | ||||
| Obstetricians and gynaecologists | 151 | 108 (71.5%) | 78 (72.2%) | 81 (75.0%) |
| Oncologists | 45 | 35 (77.7%) | 29 (82.6%) | 28 (80.0%) |
| Total | 195 | 143 (73.3%) | 107 (74.8%) | 109 (76.2%) |