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. 2009 May 5;4:24. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-4-24

Table 1.

Characteristics of sample and questionnaire response rates from healthcare professionals for the two behaviours.

Overall Response rates (n (%))
Numbers Statin prescription Foot examination

UK Dutch Total UK Dutch Total UK Dutch Total

Number of HCPs

primary care doctors 161 59 220 59 (37) 46 (78) 105 (48) 59 (37) 46 (78) 105 (48)

Nurses 119 22* 141 53 (45) 19 (86) 72 (51)

Practices

Overall 58 40 98 34 (57) 35 (88) 69 (70) 46 (79) 37 (93) 83 (85)

Single primary care doctor 15 15 30 7 (21) 11 (31) 18 (26) 10 (22) 13 (35) 23 (28)

>1 primary care doctor 43 25 68 27 (79) 24 (69) 51 (74) 36 (78) 24 (65) 60 (72)

Number (Median (range))/practice

primary care doctors 2 (1–9) 2 (1–4) 2 (1–9) 3 (1–9) 2 (1–4) 2 (1–9) 3 (1–9) 2 (1–4) 2 (1–6)

Nurses 2 (1–6) 2 (1–5) 2 (1–6) 1 (1–6) 1 (1–2) 1 (1–6) 2 (1–4) 2 (1–5) 1 (0–6)

*Includes eight nurses and 14 assistants who inspect feet; excludes 26 assistants who did not inspect feet.