Table 2.
Practice staff approached: response rates and demographic data.
| Number approached | Number responded | Response rate (%) | Practice response rate (% (range)) | Number analysed | Mean age* (years) | Mean tenure* (years) | Mean session/week* | Gender* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | |||||||||
| GP | 61 | 50 | 82.0 | 80.8 (25.0–100) | 49 | 43.2 | 11.6 | 6.55 | 21 | 28 |
| Practice Nurse | 43 | 35 | 81.4 | 79.7 (0–100) | 33 | 50.1 | 8.1 | 6.18 | 31 | 2 |
| Admin | 132 | 119 | 90.2 | 89.4 (62.5–100) | 109 | 46.0 | 9.0 | 6.87 | 108 | 1 |
| Community Nurse | 63 | 44 | 69.8 | 68.2 (0–100) | 25 | 48.1 | 9.6 | 4.84 | 25 | 0 |
| Others | 49 | 35 | 71.3 | 63.3 (0–100) | 33 | 41.8 | 5.0 | 1.91 | 24 | 9 |
| Total | 350 | 283 | 80.6 | 78.6 (42.9–94.1) | 249 | 45.7 | 8.9 | 5.85 | 209 | 40 |
Admin = Practice managers and receptionists; Community nurses = district nurses and health visitors; Others = Counsellors, midwives, practice pharmacists and physiotherapists. *Mean for number of participants analysed (n = 249)